Several other anti-abortion bills have yet to see a hearing in committee, including two from Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant: SB 883 and 884, one from Rep. Molly Jenkins, R-Coyle: HB 1724, and another from Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville: SB 989.

The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee rejected several high-profile bills on Wednesday, including those on abortion, no-fault divorce, covenant marriage, and

Though poll-takers self-identified as 53% Republicans and 50% Christian or Catholic, 87% agreed that birth control should be available in Oklahoma.

Sen. Dusty Deevers’ (R-Elgin) second attempt at legislation that would adjust the state’s definition of homicide to include abortion failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) - The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee killed four controversial bills Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bills 380, 228, 456 and 829. SB380 was the first out of the four to be heard. It seeks to place a monument of the Ten Commandments inside and outside of the Oklahoma State Capitol.

In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 photo, abortion opponents cheer for a speaker at a rally at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. Credit: AP/Sue Ogrocki House Speaker Jonathan Patterson, a Republican ...

Many of the bills filed in state legislatures across the country focus on abortion pills, abortion access for minors, and, in at least one state, how to undo protections for the procedure, The 19th reports.

The bill's author is seeking to reintroduce Senate Bill 612, which was signed into law in 2022 and struck down by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 2023.

Lawmakers consider but reject allowing charges against women who obtain abortion Oklahoma’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 6-2 against advancing a proposal to allow murder charges ...

Abortion rights groups fear punishment for women who have abortions and governments tracking pregnancies Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to ...