West Virginia lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday that bans abortion with limited exceptions. The legislation passed the state’s Senate 22-7 and the House 77-17, now moving to the desk of Republican Gov. Jim Justice, who is expected to sign the bill into law. It bans abortion except for cases where the embryo or fetus…Read More
Pope Francis is calling on Catholics worldwide to mobilize against the death penalty, a practice he says is both legally unnecessary and morally inadmissible. “The commandment, ‘Thou shalt not kill,’ refers to both the innocent and the guilty,” Pope Francis said on Aug. 31. “I, therefore, call on all people of goodwill to mobilize for…Read More
As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a different trajectory, but also impact the public education system, which is being used in too many districts to indoctrinate more than educate. Stories about drag queens in kindergarten,…Read More
As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a different trajectory, but also impact the public education system, which is being used in too many districts to indoctrinate more than educate. Stories about drag queens in kindergarten,…Read More
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole unleashed a tirade against President Biden and his stalled attempts to correct the economy on Monday. Cole railed on President Biden’s inability to reel in skyrocketing prices as wages have shrunk, damaging not only the U.S. supply chain including the labor force. These factors led to a decline in Gross Domestic…Read More
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor responded to a letter from more than 60 state lawmakers on Tuesday passing the request for a new hearing for Richard Glossip on to the courts. The letter, cosigned by many Republicans who support the death penalty, called for an evidentiary hearing that could lead to a stop of Glossip’s…Read More
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill that would allow child support payments to begin at the time of conception, instead of after a child’s birth. “We should do everything we can to support American mothers and their children. This bill would allow expecting mothers to prepare and support their babies before they are…Read More
Should unborn babies be eligible for life insurance? It’s one of the next issues the legislature will tackle after banning abortion from conception. “Now that we have kind of gotten this hot topic out of the way, we know it was very polarizing this last session, we fought tooth and nail against those bills, how…Read More
In a 267-157 vote Tuesday, the U.S. House approved legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by many conservatives. Among those 157 were Oklahoma US Representatives Stephanie Bice, Tom Cole, Kevin Hern, and Markwayne Mullin. Rep. Frank Lucas did not…Read More
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law on Tuesday, with large numbers of Republican lawmakers joining all Democrats in supporting the legislation. Forty-seven Republicans joined all Democrats in voting for the bill, named the Respect for Marriage Act, after House GOP leadership announced that it would…Read More
President Joe Biden’s administration is warning retail pharmacies that refusing to supply patients with abortion pills would violate anti-discrimination laws. Pro-life leaders insist that forcing pharmacists to dispense abortion drugs would violate their conscience rights. New guidelines issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights emphasize to roughly 60,000 pharmacies…Read More
Following the controversial overturning of Roe v. Wade last month by the U.S. Supreme Court, a U.S. senator from Oklahoma is hoping to help expectant mothers. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) joined several other Republican senators to introduce the Unborn Child Support Act. The act gives mothers the option to receive child support payments from the…Read More
The Republican members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, led by U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, are asking Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to provide more information about a Department of Defense official’s assertion that the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision would affect military readiness. The Dobbs decision effectively overturned…Read More
The fall of Roe v. Wade has teed up a series of ballot measures regarding access to abortion in a handful of states. The amendments hold major significance for each state’s policies in a post-Roe America. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion returned policymaking power to the states,…Read More
An interim study committee of the Legislature will look for ways Oklahoma can provide a work permit for illegal immigrants in the state. “This is not to go to citizenship at all,” said state Rep. Danny Williams, R-Seminole, who is one of four lawmakers that requested the study. “This is just looking at a way…Read More
A federal judge temporarily blocked a 2021 Arizona law that recognized the “personhood” of a fetus from the moment of conception, siding with abortion providers who argued the measure was too vague and left them open to legal jeopardy. “A law is unconstitutionally vague if its application is so unclear that people of ordinary intelligence…Read More
Parents Defending Education President Nicole Neily voiced her disdain for the National Education Association’s push to relabel mothers as “birthing parents,” telling “Fox & Friends First” host Todd Piro the organization is deeply out-of-touch. “[This] raises real concerns about teachers’ unions, showing how far away they are from the concerns of average parents,” she said…Read More
A judge in Mississippi declined a request Tuesday from the state’s only abortion clinic to block a trigger law that bans most abortion procedures in the state from taking effect. The law was passed in the state’s legislature in 2007 and bans all abortions, with exceptions for when a woman’s life is in danger or…Read More
A new Harvard/Harris poll released Tuesday found that a large majority (72%) of Americans would support banning abortions after 15 weeks, and almost half (49%) would support bans at 6 weeks. Thirty-seven percent of registered voters would support banning abortions almost completely, with exceptions for cases of rape and incest. Overall, 90% of Americans would…Read More
A Florida judge temporarily blocked a recent law that banned abortion after 15 weeks of gestation just days after it took effect, prompting an immediate appeal from the state. Judge John C. Cooper of Florida’s 2nd Circuit Court issued the order on Tuesday following a court challenge from reproductive healthcare providers who argue the state…Read More
A group seeking a statewide vote on whether to fully legalize adult use of marijuana in Oklahoma submitted boxes of signatures on Tuesday with hopes of getting the question on the November ballot. Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws submitted more than 164,000 signatures to the Office of the Secretary of State, far more than the…Read More
Oklahoma will resume executions on Aug. 25 and carry out lethal injections in stages through the end of 2024 under a schedule made public Friday morning. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set 25 execution dates for convicted murderers who have exhausted appeals of their convictions and sentences. First up in August is James Coddington who beat a friend to death…Read More
Abortion providers and advocates filed a lawsuit Friday asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to strike down two laws that make it a felony to perform an abortion — one that’s been on the books since 1910, and one set to go into effect next month. In the lawsuit, the groups argue that the laws go against…Read More
The Supreme Court today told two different federal appeals courts to uphold state pro-life laws following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. With the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe, the nation’s highest court gave states the latitude to pass their own laws on abortion. And with that, the Supreme Court instructed two…Read More
In late June of 1992, just a few weeks before I entered law school, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In that case, a bare majority of the justices reaffirmed—or rather, reimagined—the right to abortion invented by the Court two decades earlier in Roe v. Wade. I was surprised, and…Read More
Tulsa attorney Gentner Drummond has knocked off incumbent Attorney General John O’Connor in the Republican primary in the race for Oklahoma attorney general. With no Democrat and only a Libertarian on the November ballot, Tuesday’s victory for Drummond, 58, means he is almost certain to be Oklahoma’s next attorney general. O’Connor, 67, was Republican Gov.…Read More
Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in facilitating former financier Jeffrey Epstein‘s abuse of several underage girls. Maxwell, the former Epstein girlfriend and confidante, was found guilty on five counts, including “transporting a minor for the purposes of criminal sexual activity,” “conspiring to entice minors to travel to…Read More
The Biden administration is taking five steps to protect access to abortion, according to Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Those steps, Becerra said on Tuesday, include increasing access to medication abortion and training health workers following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized…Read More
In a race that was expected to be a close call according to recent polling, the GOP primary for state superintendent of public instruction will head to a runoff between Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters and Shawnee Public Schools Superintendent April Grace. With more than 99 percent of precincts reporting, Walters had received more…Read More
The question on the ballot asked voters to approve a proposal that would fund a new jail and mental health facility. The $260 million proposal would fund a new jail and mental health facility in Oklahoma County. County commissioners insist it will not raise taxes but opponents said we could pay less if it’s defeated.…Read More
The Pentagon pledged to protect “seamless access” to abortion in a statement Friday, citing the potential impact of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on troop readiness. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern in a statementabout military “readiness and resilience” following the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that put states in control of regulating…Read More
In response to the Supreme Court of the United States issuing its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities issued the following statement:…Read More
President Biden called on Congress to codify a right to abortion in federal law on Friday, saying the “health and life of women” are “at risk” hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “Now with Roe gone, let’s be very clear: the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk,” Biden…Read More
The FBI has joined local police investigating a suspect arson at at pro-life pregnancy center in Longmont, Colorado. The center, Life Choices, sustained fire and heavy smoke damage, authorities said. The front of the building also was defaced with pro-abortion slogans, including the words, “If abortions aren’t safe neither are you,” written in script with…Read More
Following the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade, lawmakers are declaring abortion illegal in a growing number of states throughout the country. Missouri Missouri was the first state to take action in response to the Supreme Court ruling, with Attorney General Eric Schmitt announcing “I am humbled to be a part of this,…Read More
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in Friday’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, arguing the court should “correct the error” of rulings that protect same-sex marriage and contraception access. The high court overturned the landmark case of Roe on Friday, with Justice Samuel Alito writing an opinion in favor of Mississippi’s ban…Read More
n a crowning achievement of the conservative legal movement, the Supreme Court has—at long last!—overturned Roe v. Wade and restored abortion policy to our democratic processes. On a quick review, Justice Alito’s majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is essentially the same as the draft that was leaked more than seven weeks…Read More
Republicans are ready to go to war with President Joe Biden over abortion. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has announced plans to introduce a bill on Thursday that would block the White House from using federal emergency authority to expand access to abortion, and to go after states that might pass restrictions on abortion. This development…Read More
Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will make mailing abortion pills a crime in his state. SB 388 will “prohibit criminal abortion by means of the use of an abortion inducing drug without the prescribing physician being physically present during the administration of the drug,” including a $1,000…Read More
State representatives voted Wednesday to let any Arizona youngster get state funds to attend a private or parochial school. The party-line vote for universal vouchers for all 1.1 million students came even after the Republican majority removed the one bit of accountability that had been inserted in the original plan: a requirement for annual testing…Read More
A 2020 Supreme Court decision to turn over nearly half of Oklahoma to Native American tribes has effectively turned the eastern portion of the state into a lawless zone. The McGirt v. Oklahoma decision has meant that “nothing” would be done in less serious cases, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Oklahoma field office…Read More
Oklahoma voters will head to the polls Tuesday, June 28, to cast their ballots in the 2022 Primary Elections. We’ve put together a guide for everything you need to know before you head to the polls. Early voting starts Thursday, June 23. Most counties only have one early voting site, their election board location, and…Read More
Pro-life advocates have called for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, for nearly five decades and are looking forward optimistically to the imminent Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case that could finally overrule Roe. Between now and the court’s ruling, expected by the end…Read More
A convicted murderer who is among 25 death row prisoners the state is seeking to execute in the next couple of years filed an appeal Friday saying his trial lawyer was addicted to cocaine and other substances and didn’t provide effective counsel. Tremane Wood, who is identified as “Termane” in some court records, was sentenced…Read More
Missing the days of 2020, when angry mobs were fixtures on America’s streets? If you’re nostalgic for the arson, destruction, and looting, abortion activists are promising more of it. Back by unpopular demand, the Left’s riots are set to return once the final Supreme Court ruling on Roe is handed down. “This will be a…Read More
The FBI is asking for the public’s help as it investigates attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers and churches. “The FBI is investigating a series of attacks and threats targeting pregnancy resource centers and faith-based organizations across the country,” the FBI National Press Office said in a statement shared with CNA Friday. “The FBI takes all…Read More
Although Roe v. Wade remains the law of the land, women can no longer get a legal abortion in two states, Oklahoma and South Dakota. In at least one other, Missouri, the only clinic is booked and not accepting new appointments. And in a fourth state, Wisconsin, clinics will not schedule abortions for after the…Read More
Oklahoma Death Row inmate Richard Glossip’s quest for freedom continued Wednesday when a cadre of lawyers and lawmakers assembled in the Oklahoma House of Representatives Press Room to present the findings of a new independent investigation into his case. Glossip has been on Death Row for 25 years for the 1997 murder-for-hire of his boss,…Read More
Oklahoma Senator James Lankford has joined his fellow colleagues in introducing the Safe Schools Act, which would allow for COVID-19 money to protect schools. This bill would allow for schools to use COVID money assigned to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund that has not yet been spent to go toward security measures…Read More
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has joined a national coalition of state attorneys general to oppose the Biden administration’s efforts to force schools to embrace transgender policies, including policies that grant male students access to girls’ restrooms. “President Biden’s new guidance threatens to take away free and lower-cost meals from school children who rely on…Read More