A bill prohibiting public funds from being used for most abortions has become law in Oklahoma after a deadline passed for the state’s governor to veto the measure.

“If the governor doesn’t act, it becomes law,” said his spokesman, Phil Bacharach. Gov. Brad Henry had until midnight on Wednesday night to veto the bill.

Henry, a Democrat, vetoed a previous bill that contained no exceptions for publicly funded abortions even in cases of rape or incest. The new version allows such an exception if the victim reports the crime to the police.

It easily passed the Republican-controlled House and got through the evenly divided state Senate with several votes from Democratic lawmakers.

Reuters

Another step forward for respecting life.

According to a newly released poll by Rasmussen Reports, the American public trusts Democrats more than Republicans on ten key issues. The most overwhelming being healthcare where 57% of Americans trust Democrats while only 30% of Americans trust Republicans, but healthcare has been for sometime a Democrat strength. Take two bread and butter Republican issues: taxes and defense. 46% of Americans trust Democrats on national security while only 43% trust Republicans, on taxes 47% of Americans trust Democrats and only 42% of Americans trust Republicans. Also the number of self identifying Republicans is at an all time low of 31% while 36% are Democrats and 32.4% are independents, a record high number of independents.

All in all should be a real lesson to the GOP that they are far, far, far from out of the woods yet.