With abortion policy left to the states, far-right GOP lawmakers in nearly a dozen ultraconservative states — already with some of the nation's strictest abortion bans — are trying to tighten the reigns even more for pregnant people by opening them up to murder charges.

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

With Trump back in the White House, the state and others across the US are making efforts to install Christian viewpoints in governance

Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder. No states have allowed either, but the ideas, once off the table, have gotten attention in legislatures this month.

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.

The committee chairman said he decided to hear the controversial bills amid discussions among Republicans about why certain legislation isn't heard.

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.

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.

In a growing atmosphere of uncertainty, nonprofit abortion-access websites and helplines continue to connect pregnant people with resources.