A bipartisan coalition of state senators rebuffed a bill that could have subjected women who receive an abortion to the death penalty, but supporters are vowing to

Republican state lawmakers in more than 10 states, including South Carolina, Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Georgia, Indiana, North Dakota and Oklahoma, have all introduced bills that would redefine abortion as homicide by defining a "person" or "human being" as inclusive of an "unborn" or "preborn" child.

On Thursday, the second attempt in modifying the state statutes on homicide to include abortion faced defeat with a vote of six to two.

Three Oklahoma lawmakers have sponsored a bill that would allow abortion recipients in the state to be charged with murder. Senate Bill 456 seeks to modify Oklahoma’s homicide s

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

Wade, June 24, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP, File)/Tulsa World via AP) In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 photo, abortion opponents cheer for a speaker at a rally at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File ...

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.

From the column: "(The Dobbs decision) fueled the drive for laws that have nothing to do with women’s health and everything to do with the power politicians still want to have over women’s lives."