Gov. Kevin Stitt and the man tasked with enforcing the state’s abortion bans spoke out Friday on the news that Roe v. Wade had been overturned. Within hours of the ruling, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor sent a letter to several state leaders. The letter certifies a “trigger law” that reinstates an abortion ban from 1910. |MORE| Gov. Kevin Stitt, AG John O'Connor discuss Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade“Today we are here to celebrate a lot of hard work,” Stitt said. O’Connor said, “This is a huge day for Americans, and certainly those who believe life begins at conception.”Stitt and O’Connor were reacting to the 5-4 vote released Friday that overturned the decision, which had been the law of the land since 1973. Since late May, however, abortion has been effectively banned in Oklahoma because of a law Stitt signed that banned abortion at conception and used civil lawsuits as enforcement. "When I ran for governor, I promised Oklahomans that I would sign every piece of pro-life legislation that hit my desk, and I'm thrilled to have kept that promise,” Stitt said. |MORE| Oklahoma lawmakers, leaders react to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. WadeThe abortion ban that is effective today makes abortion a crime and subjects physicians who take part in an abortion to up to five years behind bars."The womb is now, in Oklahoma, the safest place for a child to be,” O’Connor said.Also at the state Capitol Friday, House Democrats weighed in. State Rep. Emily Virgin and State Rep. Cyndi Munson released a joint statement saying in part, “Today, the sky is dark. There is no way to sugarcoat that women in America, especially in states like Oklahoma, have fewer rights now than they did when they woke up this morning.”