Rep. Kevin Calvey (R-Oklahoma City) issued the following statement today following a ruling by the Oklahoma County District Court that ruled a state law restricting the use of certain abortion drugs was unconstitutional.
“We can blame our extremist liberal state Supreme Court for this latest deadly ruling against babies in Oklahoma. The trial judge said she thought the state Supreme Court had tied her hands to require today’s decision. Our state Supreme Court rules for the abortion industry every time, so much so that the abortion industry challenges pro-life laws in state court instead of federal courts. It’s high time we the people reminded the Court that they serve ALL the people, not just the 0.5 percent of Oklahomans who are lawyers, and are responsible for appellate judges getting their jobs. This case is only the latest of the outrageous decisions we will focus on in my interim study on the courts this fall.”
Calvey noted that while lawyers are only 0.5 percent of the state population, they make up 40 percent of the votes on the panel that nominates appellate judges.
