Tue May 17, 2022 – 11:41 am EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma (LifeSiteNews) – The pro-life governor of Oklahoma warned Native American tribes not to exploit their sovereignty to set up abortion facilities on reservations as a way to avoid the state’s laws against abortion.
Republican Governor Kevin Stitt told Fox News on Sunday that he has heard “rumblings” that some reservations may try to host abortionists so people can get around the state’s pro-life laws. He signed a “Life at Conception” law in April that makes it a felony to commit an abortion. In May, he signed a Texas-style heartbeat bill that allows for private lawsuits against people who aid or abet others in getting abortions.
A 2020 Supreme Court decision written by Justice Neil Gorsuch and supported by four liberal justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, practically gave tribal sovereignty to half the state of Oklahoma. The Supreme Court has under consideration a new case this summer that will consider the scope the McGirt decision. Only tribal and federal officials can now prosecute crimes on tribal lands.
“You know, the tribes in Oklahoma are super liberal. They go to Washington, D.C.
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