| Constance N. Johnson | |
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| Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 48th district |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Born | 1952 (age 59–60) Holdenville, Oklahoma |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | consultant |
Constance N. Johnson is the Oklahoma Senator representing District 48, which includes Oklahoma County, since a special election in September 2005.
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Biography
Constance Johnson was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma in 1952. After graduating from Frederick A. Douglass High School in Oklahoma City she earned a bachelor's degree in French from the University of Pennsylvania. After college she worked for the Oklahoma Community Action Director’s Association, the City of Oklahoma City, and as the personal assistant for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.[1]
Johnson worked for the Oklahoma State Senate as a legislative analyst from 1981 to 2005 when she won the Senate seat representing District 48 in a special election. She was re-elected in 2006.
Senate Committees
- Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation
- General Government
- Health and Human Services
- Transportation
- Veterans and Military Affairs
Stance on the reproductive rights of women
Oklahoma Democrat Adds ‘Every Sperm Is Sacred’ Amendment To Personhood Bill. State Senator Constance Johnson of Oklahoma City has served Oklahoma’s State Senate 2005, but the introduction of Senate Bill 1433 that really pushed her over the edge. The bill sought to define human life as beginning at the moment of conception, before it’s even implanted in the womb, and offers full legal protection to those tiny multicelled lumps. In the words of the bill, “the unborn child at every stage of development (has) all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of this state.”
Johnson submitted an amendment of her own to the bill, which would have added the language,
However, any action in which a man ejaculates or otherwise deposits semen anywhere but in a woman’s vagina shall be interpreted and construed as an action against an unborn child.
She explained that the amendment was intended to "draw attention to the absurdity, duplicity and lack of balance inherent in the policies of this state in regard to women". [2]
External links
- Senator Constance N. Johnson - District 48 official State Senate website
- Project Vote Smart - Constance N. Johnson (OK) profile
- Follow the Money - Constance N. Johnson
- [1] Senate Bill 1433
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