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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 37 By: Treat
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people f or their approval or
rejection a proposed amen dment to the Oklahoma
Constitution by adding a new Section 2A to Article
II; providing that nothing in the Constitution
secures or protects a right to an abor tion; providing
ballot title; and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2ND SESSION OF THE 58TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the mann er provided by law,
the following proposed ame ndment to the Oklahoma Constitution by
adding a new Section 2A to Article II to read as follows:
Section 2A. Recognizing that abortion is a unique and
destructive act that terminates the life of an unborn huma n being,
nothing in this Constitution secures or protects a right to an
abortion.
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SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure adds a new Section 2A to Article 2 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. The proposed Section 2A recognizes that abortion
is a unique and destructive act that ends the life of an unborn
human being. The proposed Section 2A states that nothing in the
Oklahoma Constitution secures or pro tects a right to an
abortion.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passa ge of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secret ary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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