You think our Legislature ever considers the consequences of its actions?
That's a rhetorical question, right?
With some of the
hot button "law-making" they've been doing lately it could place Oklahoma at the risk of becoming a
sausage festival state. Too many men, not enough women. Why would any women want to move to this state unless they were ultra-right in their politics? Women wanting to start families will find the school systems in many other states far more attractive. Single women wanting full control of their choices probably wouldn't want to move here either. Women are often not taken seriously in regard to their economic clout, but that clout is growing. 60% of college students in the US are women, yet women make up just a tiny bit over 50% of the US population.
A lot of my friends have had kids that have grown-up, gone to college, etc. Most of those kids have moved out of the state. They didn't just get the hell out of Lawton.