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