Heap o' Links Wed Mar 23, 2022

HB 4327 takes the Texas Heartbeat Act a step further by banning all abortions from the moment of conception up until birth, except for if the mother’s life is at risk, according to the bill. … “A physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman, unless such abortion is performed to save the life of the mother,” HB 4327 stated. … Much like the Texas law, the state of Oklahoma will not be in charge of enforcing this bill. Instead, the act will be “enforced exclusively through private civil actions,”

“The agency has been reluctant to make those figures public,” according to the Times, “because they might be misinterpreted as the vaccines being ineffective.”

A woman who collapsed at the finish line of last weekend's Los Angeles Marathon has died at the hospital. … As of Tuesday evening, officials did not specify what prompted Paddock to collapse in the first place. On Sunday, the low for race day temperatures were just under 55 degrees Fahrenheit with highs just over 70 degrees Farenheit.…