News Items – August 18, 2022

Clergy, social workers fear fallout from Okla. abortion lawsAssociated PressSimilar concerns are being raised by social workers, many of whom believe a prohibition on advising women about abortion services conflicts with their code of ethics that requires them to respect a client’s wishes, said Steven Pharris, head of Oklahoma’s chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. “The changes in laws have kind of criminalized a big part of what we do, so it’s changed