Constance N. Johnson

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Constance N. Johnson
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 48th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born 1952 (age 61–62)
Holdenville, Oklahoma
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Residence Oklahoma City
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Occupation consultant

Constance N. Johnson is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. She currently serves in the Oklahoma Senate, representing District 48, which encompasses portions of northeastern Oklahoma County. She was first elected to the state senate in a special election in September 2005.

Early life

Born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, in 1952, she graduated from Frederick A. Douglass High School in Oklahoma City and 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]

Political career

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 Senate Bill 1433

Senate Bill 1433, which sought to define human life as beginning at fertilization, would have offered full legal protection to all human embryos. 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 words:

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

References

  1. ↑ Constance Johnson, Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. (accessed July 8, 2013)
  2. ↑ Johnson, Constance. "About my 'spilled semen' amendment to Oklahoma's Personhood bill," The Guardian, February 9, 2012. (accessed July 8, 2013)
Members of the Oklahoma State Senate
   
  1.    Charles Wyrick (D)
  2.    Sean Burrage (D)
  3.    Wayne Shaw (R)
  4.    Mark Allen (R)
  5.    Jerry Ellis (D)
  6.    Josh Brecheen (R)
  7.    Larry Boggs (R)
  8.    Roger Ballenger (D)
  9.    Earl Garrison (D)
  10.    Eddie Fields (R)
  11.    Jabar Shumate (D)
  12.    Brian Bingman (R)
  1.    Susan Paddack (D)
  2.    Frank Simpson (R)
  3.    Rob Standridge (R)
  4.    John Sparks (D)
  5.    Ron Sharp (R)
  6.    Kim David (R)
  7.    Patrick Anderson (R)
  8.    Ann J. "AJ" Gay Griffin (R)
  9.    Jim Halligan (R)
  10.    Rob Johnson (R)
  11.    Ron Justice (R)
  12.    Anthony Sykes (R)
  1.    Mike Mazzei (R)
  2.    Tom Ivester (D)
  3.    Bryce Marlatt (R)
  4.    Harry Coates (R)
  5.    John Ford (R)
  6.    David Holt (R)
  7.    Don Barrington (R)
  8.    Randy Bass (D)
  9.    Nathan Dahm (R)
  10.    Rick Brinkley (R)
  11.    Gary Stanislawski (R)
  12.    Bill Brown (R)
  1.    Dan Newberry (R)
  2.    Mike Schulz (R)
  3.    Brian Crain (R)
  4.    Cliff Branan (R)
  5.    Clark Jolley (R)
  6.    Cliff Aldridge (R)
  7.    Corey Brooks (R)
  8.    Ralph Shortey (R)
  9.    Kyle Loveless (R)
  10.    Al McAffrey (D)
  11.    Greg Treat (R)
  12.    Constance Johnson (D)
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