Initiative Petition to Legalize Abortion Withdrawn

State Question 828 will not make the ballot because the proponents are withdrawing it. It would have asked voters if they wanted to make abortion a state constitutional right. They were waiting for approval from the Secretary of State’s office to begin the 90-day signature gathering period.

Tulsa World’s Barbara Hoberock writes the group issued a statement to the newspaper saying that it wanted to pause and build a coalition to increase the chance of getting the issue on the ballot for voters to decide.

Read the Tulsa World story here.


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