RH Reality Check, April 27, 2012 by Robin Marty Despite threats from anti-choice activists that any lawmaker who torpedoed the bill would be labeled “pro-abortion,” Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma refused to allow any procedural measures to pass that would force a vote on an a “fertilized egg-as-person” bill in the House or Senate. But that […]
April 27, 2012
NewsOK, April 27, 2012 by Michael McNutt A House member shouts unsuccessfully to get the measure brought up for a hearing in the closing minutes of Thursday’s session. Meanwhile, the leader of an anti-abortion group apologizes to House Republicans for tactics used in trying to get the measure heard before Thursday’s deadline. The so-called personhood […]
April 22, 2012
Tulsa World, April 22, 2012 by Barbara Hoberock OKLAHOMA CITY – Critics of efforts to restrict reproductive rights will rally at the Capitol this month. The Unite Against the War on Women march and rally is set for Saturday as part of an effort expected to take place across the country. The state march begins […]
April 21, 2012
Tulsa World, April 21, 2012 In a stunning and frankly unexpected display of common sense, House Republicans on Thursday decided not to take up a controversial, so-called “personhood” bill. House Speaker Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, said the House Republican caucus had decided not to hear Senate Bill 1433, which already had passed the Senate. Noting that […]
April 21, 2012
NewsOK, April 21, 2012 by Michael McNutt Oklahoma ‘personhood’ bill won’t get hearing on House floor, Speaker Kris Steele says. Opponents of the bill feared it could lead to restrictions on abortions, birth control, in-vitro fertilization and stem cell research. Leaders with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma urged state legislators to have a public […]
April 9, 2012
Thomson Reuters, April 9, 2012 by Terry Baynes (Reuters) – The next major challenge to the constitutional right to abortion in the United States could be a strategically-worded anti-abortion bill gaining momentum in the Oklahoma legislature. Oklahoma Senate Bill 1433, or the Personhood Act, grants embryos full rights as people from the moment of fertilization. […]
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