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Front-line workers fear repercussions from abortion laws

FILE - Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City, May 4, 2020. Treat said he believes those who help a woman get an abortion should be prosecuted, although he said it's unlikely prosecutors would go after a pregnant woman's family members. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) Rev. Lori Walke, senior minister at Mayflower Congregational Church, poses for a portrait in the church, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Rev. Lori Walke, senior minister at Mayflower Congregational Church, poses for a portrait in the church, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Rev. Lori Walke, senior minister at Mayflower Congregational Church, poses for a portrait in the church, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. "Among my colleagues the conversation has been: 'This is a risk we have to be willing to take because abortion bans are against our religion,' to put it directly," Walke said, adding that sometimes advocacy work by faith leaders includes the possibility of arrest and incarceration. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Rev. Lori Walke, senior minister at Mayflower Congregational Church, poses for a portrait in the church, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Rev. Lori Walke, senior minister at Mayflower Congregational Church, poses for a portrait in the church, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)