Oklahoma governor signs the nation's strictest abortion ban Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed into law the nation’s strictest abortion ban The Independent UK · May 25, 2022
Oklahoma governor signs unemployment insurance indexing bill Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed House Bill 1933 into law on May 20, which will cut the maximum length of unemployment insurance benefits from 26 weeks to 16 weeks starting Jan. 1, 2023. The law will index unemployment insurance benefits starting Jan. 1, 2025, tying the length of benefits… Ballotpedia · May 25, 2022
Days before Oklahoma bans abortion, details still uncertain Oklahoma is only days from enacting the toughest U.S. state ban on abortion and providers are preparing to stop terminating pregnancies The Independent UK · May 20, 2022
Oklahoma passes bill banning almost all abortions with few exceptions Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill prohibiting all abortions with few exceptions, and providers said they would stop performing the procedure as soon as the governor signs it in the latest example of the GOP’s national push to restrict access to what has been a constitutional right for nearly… France 24 · May 20, 2022
Oklahoma abortion care providers brace for impact of possible ban One clinic in Tulsa is considering closing The Independent UK · May 19, 2022
Oklahoma Republican-led legislature passes nation’s strictest abortion ban Bill bans abortion at conception and if signed into law it would allow citizens to sue anyone who ‘aids or abets’ a patient The Guardian - US · May 19, 2022
Oklahoma's legislature passes a bill banning nearly all abortions If Gov. Kevin Stitt signs the bill, the legislation would go into effect immediately. WEKU · May 19, 2022
Oklahoma legislature approves ‘total ban’ on abortion If signed into law, the state would effectively outlaw all abortions and make providers and anyone who ‘aids or abets’ care subject to civil suits The Independent UK · May 19, 2022
GOP governor threatens Native tribes If Roe is overturned, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt threatens, the state's more than 40 Native tribes will be watched Salon · May 16, 2022
Nebraska governor says young incest survivors should be forced to carry pregnancy: ‘Those are babies too’ Pete Ricketts calls Roe v Wade a ‘horrible decision’ The Independent UK · May 16, 2022
Grand jury report criticizes Oklahoma governor, parole board A newly released grand jury report is highly critical of Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board The Independent UK · May 13, 2022
Cannabis Regulatory Update: Delaware, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Kansas & Missouri Delaware House To Vote On Marijuana Sales Bill, Legal Possession Measure Heads To Senate Benzinga · May 11, 2022
Possible twister flattens store in Mobile, Alabama Damage but no injuries are being reported on the Gulf Coast after at least one possible tornado struck Mobile, Alabama The Independent UK · May 6, 2022
No-exception laws, once too harsh even for anti-abortion Republicans, gain traction across US Extreme anti-abortion groups are now emboldened to fight for laws that ban ending pregnancies conceived in rape or incest The Guardian - US · May 6, 2022
The Independent UK · May 4, 2022 Oklahoma joins Texas in offering glimpse of "post-Roe" world Oklahoma has joined Texas this week with new abortion restrictions
The Independent UK · May 4, 2022 Oklahoma’s abortion providers are ‘already living in a post-Roe world’ Abortion is still legal in every state, but physicians and advocates are bracing for the future of an over-burdened system that is failing to meet the needs of its patients, Alex Woodward reports
Los Angeles Times · May 4, 2022 Red states are already chipping away at Roe v. Wade This week’s leak of a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade came as more than half of U.S. states are poised to outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court does strike down the 1973 decision. In those states, many in the South and Midwest, it already feels like the…
WEKU · May 4, 2022 Oklahoma governor signs Texas-style abortion ban into law The bill signing comes on the heels of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that it is considering weakening or overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.
France 24 · May 4, 2022 Oklahoma governor signs one of US’s strictest abortion laws as furore mounts over Roe v. Wade Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed a bill on Tuesday that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, immediately outlawing almost all abortions in the state. The move came as anger grew over a leaked draft opinion suggesting the Supreme Court would strike down abortion rights nationally, which President Joe Biden…
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 Oklahoma abortion providers vow legal challenge as governor signs 6-week ban into law Court rejects attempt to temporarily halt law, which now immediately goes into effect
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 Oklahoma governor signs Texas-style ban on most abortions Oklahoma’s Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy
The Guardian - US · May 3, 2022 US states could ban people from traveling for abortions, experts warn If supreme court weakens Roe v Wade, some states will take aim at people seeking procedures and medications out of state
Salon · Apr 30, 2022 Oklahoma abortion providers sue "Unless these abortion bans are stopped, Oklahomans will be robbed of the freedom to control their own bodies and futures," said one reproductive rights advocate.
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 Oklahoma House sends Texas-style abortion ban to governor The Oklahoma House has given final approval to a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 Abortion rights advocates to challenge Oklahoma’s ‘devastating’ 6-week abortion ban The measure will take effect immediately once signed into law by Republican Governor Kevin Stitt, who has pledged to ‘outlaw’ abortion care in the state