Key Votes
SB 714 - Ban on State-Funded Abortions - Key Vote
Oklahoma Key Votes
Stages
- May 9, 2007 Senate Veto Override Failed
- April 25, 2007 Senate Veto Override Failed
- April 18, 2007 Executive Vetoed
- April 11, 2007 Senate Concurrence Vote Passed
- April 3, 2007 House Bill Passed
- March 13, 2007 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 5, 2007 Introduced
Family
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Veto Override Failed (Senate) (31-16) - May 9, 2007
Legislation - Veto Override Failed (Senate) (31-17) - April 25, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Ban on State-Funded Abortions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that would ban the use of public funds to perform an abortion, unless it is necessary to save her life.
Highlights:
-Requires physicians to annually submit the number of females that were provided with information regarding abortions and the number of emergency abortions performed to the State Department of Health (sec. 3).
-Forbids state employees, within the scope of their employment, from performing an abortion if it is not necessary to save the life of the mother (sec. 4).
-Forbids physicians from performing abortions unless the pregnant woman can prove that she is not a minor or in the case of a medical emergency (sec. 6).
-Provides that the commission of fraud in order to provide a minor with an abortion is a felony (sec. 9)
-Forbids the use of any public equipment or facilities to perform an abortion, unless it is necessary to save the pregnant woman's life (sec. 11).
Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - April 18, 2007
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (Senate) (32-16) - April 11, 2007
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (73-22) - April 3, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Ban on State-Funded Abortions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that bans the use of public funds to perform an abortion, unless it is necessary to save the pregnant womans life.
Highlights:
-Requires physicians to annually submit the number of females that were provided with information regarding abortions and the number of emergency abortions performed to the State Department of Health (sec. 3).
-Forbids state employees, within the scope of their employment, from performing an abortion if it is not necessary to save the life of the mother (sec. 4).
-Forbids physicians from performing abortions unless the pregnant woman can prove that she is not a minor or in the case of a medical emergency (sec. 6).
-Provides that the commission of fraud in order to provide a minor with an abortion is a felony (sec. 9).
-Forbids the use of any public equipment or facilities to perform an abortion, unless it is necessary to save the pregnant womans life (sec. 11).
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (34-13) - March 13, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Ban on State-Funded Abortions
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that bans the use of public funds to perform an abortion, unless it is necessary to save the pregnant womans life.
Highlights:
-Forbids state employees, within the scope of their employment, from performing an abortion if it is not necessary to save the life of the mother (sec. 4).
-Forbids the use of any public equipment or facilities in performing an abortion unless it is necessary to save the pregnant womans life (sec. 4).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 5, 2007
Title: Ban on State-Funded Abortions
Sponsors
- James A. Williamson (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Wright (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Cliff A. Aldridge (OK - R)
- Don Barrington (OK - R)
- Brian Bingman (OK - R)
- Gus R. Blackwell (OK - R)
- David B. Braddock (OK - D) (Out Of Office)
- Cliff Branan (OK - R)
- Randy Brogdon (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Brown (OK - R)
- Glenn Coffee (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ann Coody (OK - R)
- Marian Cooksey (OK - R)
- David Derby (OK - R)
- Rex Duncan (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- George E. Faught (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Ford (OK - R)
- Mike Johnson (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Clark Jolley (OK - R)
- Charles 'Charlie' Joyner (OK - R)
- Sally R. Kern (OK - R)
- Charles Key (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Todd Lamb (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Owen Laughlin (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike Mazzei (OK - R)
- Mark E. McCullough (OK - R)
- Jason W. Murphey (OK - R)
- David F. Myers (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ron Peterson (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pam Peterson (OK - R)
- Jim Reynolds (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mike D. 'Mike' Reynolds (OK - R)
- Mike Schulz (OK - R)
- T.W. Shannon (OK - R)
- Daniel S. 'Dan' Sullivan (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Anthony Sykes (OK - R)
- Randy Terrill (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Sue Tibbs (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
- Kathleen Wilcoxson (OK - R) (Out Of Office)
