Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Vigilante Abortion Bans

Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down two citizen-enforced abortion bans mirroring Texas’ S.B. 8. The two copycat bans were passed in 2022 before Roe v. Wade was overturned. While abortion remains largely unavailable in Oklahoma and the state’s pre-Roe ban remains in effect, today’s ruling ensures that Oklahoma's vigilante bans cannot hold doctors back from providing life-saving care.

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Danielle Williams
Oklahoma's 2023 Legislative Session Starts Monday, February 6

Oklahoma's 2023 legislative session has begun. Passing legislation is a process, and we intend to bring you with us for every step of that process. We have combed through all reproductive justice-related bills proposed this year. We have identified 26 bills we oppose and 10 bills that we will fight like hell to see passed. As always- your help makes a huge difference.

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Danielle Williams
2022 Oklahoma Regular Session Legislative Session Wrap Up Report

The 2022 Regular Session of the Oklahoma Legislature was an extremely tough session for abortion advocates. We know several bills were passed and signed into law and trying to keep track of all of them can be confusing. We are here to educate folks about what has passed and what will go into effect and when. We hope you find this useful.

Oklahoma has sought to restrict and ban abortion in every conceivable way. And, the Governor has made clear that he will sign any anti-abortion legislation that crosses his desk.

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PRESS RELEASE: Lawsuit Filed to Block Oklahoma’s New Abortion Bans and Restrictions

Today, five unconstitutional abortion restrictions passed by Oklahoma lawmakers earlier this year were challenged in state court, including bans on abortion. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Dechert LLP, and Blake Patton on behalf of the Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice, Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic, Dr. Alan Braid, Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, and Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma. Plaintiffs are asking the court to block the laws before they are scheduled to take effect on November 1, 2021.

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Danielle Williams
Letter: Pregnant women are not public property

In 2021, we again face an onslaught of profoundly cruel and disturbing bills seeking to inflict trauma on Oklahomans capable of pregnancy. Those bills include criminalizing all abortion, no rape exceptions; outlining that even suicidal pregnant people can’t access abortion; seeking to persecute people for the “crime” of controlling their own bodies; stating pregnant people are, in Sen. Justin Humphrey’s words, just “hosts.”

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Danielle Williams
Appeals Court Allows Abortion Care to Continue in Oklahoma During COVID-19 Pandemic

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals let stand a lower court’s decision temporarily blocking Gov. Kevin Stitt’s ban on abortion care in Oklahoma during the COVID-19 pandemic. This means abortion providers in the state can continue providing essential, time-sensitive abortion care. The appeals court denied the state’s request to block a temporary restraining order issued by a lower court on April 6. Abortion providers will now seek a preliminary injunction from the district court which will continue to block the ban from taking effect until the case concludes. 

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Danielle Williams
Oklahoma Abortion Moratorium Resource Guide

We know that COVID19 is a very serious illness, and that front line health care staff are putting their lives on the line. We also have to stress that abortion care will always be an essential and extremely time sensitive medical procedure. Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice is continuing to work with attorneys and allied organizations to direct folks to resources and to reopen clinics.

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Danielle Williams
Pink Love 2020 Calls for Positive Bills to Pass

The Oklahoma legislative session begins in early February, and OCRJ is kicking it off with a call to pass this year's legislation with the most positive impact on health, families and justice. Join us for a series of events to ask lawmakers to vote yes on bills that would support maternal health, paid family leave, immigrant rights and justice for missing indigenous women.

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Danielle Williams
2019 OK Repro Wrap Up

2019 is almost over- if you can believe it- and this year was a doozy for the repro-rights world. We did, however, walk away with some great accomplishments and things to look forward to when the legislative session arrives in February of 2020! We sincerely hope you will stand with us in the new year by making a gift or learning about volunteer opportunities!

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Angela Steinle
Court Blocks Oklahoma Law that Violates Doctors’ Free Speech

oday, a state district court judge ruled from the bench and temporarily blocked an Oklahoma law forcing doctors to tell patients that medication abortion (abortion by pills) can be “reversed”—a misleading claim unsupported by scientific evidence. Under this law, physicians can be charged with a felony if this misleading information is not repeatedly relayed to the patient, including at least 72 hours before their medication abortion appointment and on mandatory signs in the clinic. 

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Angela Steinle
OCRJ 2019 Art Tour Series

The Oklahoma Call for Reproductive Justice is hosting five events in four cities to check out local artist interpretations of abortion rights and to talk about reproductive freedom in 2019! This series will feature a rotation of 15 works from Oklahoma visual artist’s representing their interpretations of the theme, “fighting for abortion access is an act of love.”

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Angela Steinle
Protest Asylum-Seeker Detention on July 20

News recently broke that as many as 1,400 refugee children will be detained in Lawton Oklahoma over the summer. As the cruelty and violence toward immigrant and asylum seeking people escalates, it is time to act. Join hundreds of immigrant leaders and allies from across the nation on Saturday, July 20th at 10 a.m. in Lawton, Oklahoma to demand that the concentration camps be closed and that the U.S. spare no expense to reunite these children with family. 

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Angela Steinle