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When Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey were overturned last week, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his opinion that previous rulings on sexual privacy, marriage equality and birth control access should be reconsidered because they’re based on the same constitutional mechanism as Roe and Casey. StateImpact spoke with OU political science professor and expert on gender and sexuality in law, Kathleen Tipler, about how the decision could reach well beyond abortion.

In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Oklahoma does have concurrent criminal jurisdiction when prosecuting non-Native people for crimes committed against Native people within reservation boundaries.

Oklahoma is one of 13 states with abortion "trigger laws" designed to go into effect in the event the U.S. Supreme Court banned the right to obtain an abortion. On Friday, the Court announced its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, triggering Oklahoma's anti-abortion law.

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling will have a major impact on abortion access across the country, but the law won’t change much in Oklahoma.

Oklahoma paid outside counsel double the amount originally promised as part of the state's battle against the tribes in the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Oklahoma's State Senate approved legislation to further limit abortion in the state and to prepare for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of a Mississippi anti-abortion law.

While rejecting 32 of the 33 petitions filed by the State of Oklahoma regarding its 2020 decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court set an April hearing date for further consideration of the effect of the decision on the federal Major Crimes Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear arguments that could limit part of the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision.

Eighteen months after a landmark ruling said the state of Oklahoma doesn’t have jurisdiction on tribal reservations in Oklahoma, the nation’s high court will decide if they want to reconsider the decision.