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Proponents who filed the measure cited concerns over their ability to gather the required 170,000 signatures within the prescribed 90-day window during the winter.

A petition to put abortion access on the ballot in Oklahoma was withdrawn on the day it was supposed to start collecting signatures.

The petition would have tried to reverse the abortion ban in the state by amending the Oklahoma Constitution.

School voucher proponents remain determined to tear down the wall separating church and state.

This is the KGOU AM NewsBrief for Friday, Dec. 9 2022.

The group, which pushed for State Question 828, said it wants to find a better time of the year to gather the more than 170,000 signatures required to get the question on the ballot.

The brutal 2022 midterm campaign may be over, but the next elections are coming fast. Voter fatigue can make it hard to keep people engaged.

"The path to restore, protect or even expand abortion access and equitable access has to run through the states right now," said Sarah Standiford of Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

The proposed amendment would add an individual right to reproductive freedom to Oklahomas constitution.

As a group pushes to make abortion a constitutional right in Oklahoma, there’s new attention on the process they’re trying to use.