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.

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.

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.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KSWO) - The Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee killed four controversial bills Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard Senate Bills 380, 228, 456 and 829. SB380 was the first out of the four to be heard. It seeks to place a monument of the Ten Commandments inside and outside of the Oklahoma State Capitol.

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.

Republican-led state legislatures are advancing measures to limit judicial power, challenging the role of courts in deciding constitutional issues and selecting judges.

The lawsuit — joined by state attorneys in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina ... Court ruling opened the door to state abortion bans, and as bills to track and charge ...

In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 photo, abortion opponents cheer for a speaker at a rally at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. Credit: AP/Sue Ogrocki House Speaker Jonathan Patterson, a Republican ...

Lawmakers consider but reject allowing charges against women who obtain abortion Oklahoma’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 6-2 against advancing a proposal to allow murder charges ...

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.