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Editorial: Oklahoma's new abortion law doesn't even pretend to adhere to Roe, setting up a showdown

In the game of up-the-ante that Republican-controlled states are playing in their zeal to eradicate abortion rights, Oklahoma took the lead this week. Its new law doesn’t bother with heartbeat standards or clever enforcement mechanisms but just says it outright: Any doctor who performs any abortion at any time (other…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hey Siri: Oklahoma Man Says Apple Watch Saved Him From Drowning

The incident took place in Oklahoma City, which is the capital city of the US state of Oklahoma.

Zenger

Social programs weak in many states with tough abortion laws

States with some of the nation’s strictest abortion laws are also some of the hardest places to have and raise a healthy child, especially for the poor

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Oklahoma readies for abortion ban

Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign a bill that would punish abortion providers with 10 years in prison

Salon

Escaping an abortion desert isn’t as simple as crossing state lines

As states like Texas and Oklahoma restrict abortion access ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court decision, Americans are being forced to travel farther from home to access care. But leaving town to escape restrictive laws is neither an easy solution nor an equitable one.

Tribune News Service

Big 12 Needs To Keep Expanding: 22 Thoughts For 2022, No. 15

The Big 12 lost its two stars and made up for it with a smart expansion move. Now it needs to do more. 22 College Football Thoughts for 2022, No. 15

USA Today Sports Media Group

Oklahoma abortion ban "worse than Texas"

The new law also impacts Texas women, many of whom fled to Oklahoma for reproductive health care

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Oklahoma Votes To Criminalize Abortion

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Reason

How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from history

Quraysh Ali Lansana is the director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa, part of a nationwide, community-based initiative to “plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.” He is also…

The Conversation

Oklahoma passes near-total abortion ban with threat of prison for providers

Oklahoma lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it illegal to perform an abortion in the state except in medical emergencies, penalising those who do with up to $100,000 in fines and 10 years in prison.

Evening Standard

Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill to make performing an abortion illegal

State house approves bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, and is one in raft of GOP bills to restrict or ban abortion

The Guardian - US

Oklahoma lawmakers approve bill to make abortion illegal

House lawmakers were not expected to consider the bill this year.

Axios

Oklahoma votes to make abortion illegal with punishment of up to 10 years in jail

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has said that he will sign the bill, which would be among nation’s strictest

The Independent UK

TransAlta Inks Renewable Power Purchase Agreement With Meta

TransAlta Corp (NYSE:TAC) has entered into a long-term renewable energy purchase agreement with Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for the offtake of 100% of the generation from its 200 MW Horizon Hill Wind Power Project to be located in Logan County, Oklahoma. Financial terms were not disclosed. Meta will receive both renewable electricity and environmental attributes.…

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The Independent UK

Oklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal

The Oklahoma House has given final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony

The Independent UK

White House condemns ‘hateful’ anti-LGBT+ bills as Education Department ‘well positioned’ for civil rights probe

Jen Psaki says ‘Don’t Say Gay’ puts ‘parents and LGBT+ kids in a very difficult, heart-breaking circumstance’

USA Today Sports Media Group

5-star 2022 DE Lebbeus Overton makes commitment

Five-star class of 2022 defensive end recruit Lebbeus Overton has committed to the Texas A&M Aggies over Georgia, Oregon, Oklahoma, and more

The Independent UK

Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger marries man on death row

The pair married in a small intimate ceremony inside Oklahoma State Penitentiary this week

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The Independent UK

Jen Psaki criticises ‘extreme and harmful’ laws targeting trans people and abortion in Arizona and Oklahoma

‘These laws are unacceptable and we won’t stop fighting for justice and equality’

The Independent UK

‘No matter who it hurts’: How an explosion of GOP bills targeting LGBT+ Americans created a crisis

Conservative Christian groups and ‘parental rights’ agendas target young transgender people with an unprecedented wave of legislation that has nearly doubled within two years, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Anti-death penalty advocate weds man on Oklahoma death row

Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row

Tribune News Service

Trae Young dominates as Hawks nab first win in Oklahoma City since 2016

OKLAHOMA CITY – Against a depleted, rebuilding Thunder team (22-54), the Hawks (39-37) polished off their road trip with a 136-118 win Wednesday at Paycom Center.

USA Today Sports Media Group

2022 5-star in-state DL Lebbeus Overton announces commitment date, TV coverage

Overton will choose among Georgia, Oregon, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Ohio State.

The Independent UK

GOP candidate shoots at 'godless commie' vote counting machine in campaign advert

Jarrin Jackson said he was going to ‘dispense some justice’ before shooting a printer from four feet away

The Independent UK

Oklahoma governor signs transgender sports ban into law

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill into law that prevents transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams

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