Attempts to further restrict abortion fail to cross the finish line in Oklahoma
With dozens of bills to restrict abortion proposed, none became law this year
By Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice - July 22, 2024With dozens of bills to restrict abortion proposed, none became law this year
By Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice - July 22, 2024They cite opposition to ‘welfare’ and administrative costs in declining to participate in Summer EBT.
By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline - June 27, 2024It’s not the first time Abbott has engaged in Civil War adjacent rhetoric.
By Jesse Valentine - February 22, 2024Bills address abortion pills, civil lawsuits and helping minors seek the procedure
By Carmen Forman, Oklahoma Voice - February 02, 2024PragerU is not actually a university, but a conservative nonprofit that bills itself as an alternative to 'left-wing ideology.'
By Will Fritz - September 07, 2023Residents of rural areas of GOP-led states are set to benefit from investments their representatives voted against.
By Oliver Willis - August 22, 2023This is at least the third bill targeting transgender youth signed into law under Gov. Kevin Stitt.
By Associated Press - May 02, 2023A county commissioner reportedly discussed hanging Black people because 'they got more rights than we got' and knowing 'two or three hit men' while talking with a sheriff and other officials.
By Associated Press - April 18, 2023The ‘Texas Millstone Act,’ which would ban people under the age of 26 from receiving puberty blockers or certain procedures, is the latest bill aimed at limiting health care.
By Will Fritz - March 29, 2023Four of the states with the highest proportion of Native American and Alaska Native residents have restrictions on abortion.
By Associated Press - February 15, 2023An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.
By Lisa Needham - September 07, 2022Jarrin Jackson tweeted that Arizona GOP gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake said, ‘RINOs & the Soros media attack him relentlessly because he’s over the target. Jarrin is a winner and a fighter we need in the state senate!’
By Emily Singer - August 19, 2022Conservatives continue to use so-called ‘parental rights’ bills as a weapon against LGTBQ people.
By Casey Quinlan - June 01, 2022Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor made clear the state is passing abortion bans because it believes Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
By Lisa Needham - April 13, 2022Since the Supreme Court agreed to consider Mississippi’s ban, multiple states have passed previability bans.
By Lisa Needham - April 08, 2022Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) wants to do away with the expanded child tax credit that has kept nearly 4 million kids out of poverty this year.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2021With an estimated 1,000 women per week in Texas seeking an abortion, clinics in nearby states report being overwhelmed.
By Associated Press - October 17, 2021Gov. Kevin Stitt has long opposed abortion rights and LGBTQ equality, but pledged in a tweet to always defend constituents’ ‘individual liberties.’
By Josh Israel - August 31, 2021Republican Sen. James Lankford has previously railed against ‘cancel culture.’
By Josh Israel - July 21, 2021The chair of the Oklahoma Republican Party is supporting a primary challenge to Sen. James Lankford (R-OK).
By Emily Singer - July 06, 2021‘This is an assault on the craft of teaching,’ said a teacher in Tennessee. ‘It’s asking me to show up and ignore parts of my own identity.’
By Associated Press - June 14, 2021Besides members of the GOP, President Joe Biden appeared to call out Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, both of whom have frustrated their party.
By Associated Press - June 02, 2021GOP lawmakers openly acknowledge that they are looking to upend the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.
By Lisa Needham - May 26, 2021The bill is in response to the racial justice protests sparked by the murder of Breonna Taylor.
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2021The drug has been shown to have little or no effect on severe cases of COVID-19.
By Associated Press - January 27, 2021A top pediatrician calls the number of virus cases in children ‘staggering and tragic.’
By Donna Provencher - November 30, 2020He told whoppers about crime statistics, his coronavirus response, his campaign rallies, and more.
By Associated Press - September 30, 2020A spokesman for Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt acknowledged that members of his cabinet were briefed on the risks before the rally.
By Associated Press - September 19, 2020Kevin Stitt said he’s confident he didn’t contract the virus at Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa last month.
By Associated Press - July 15, 2020Also: Oklahoma expands Medicaid and Congress unveils an ambitious climate proposal.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 03, 2020