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