Tag: Roe v Wade

More pro-abortion state legislation

August 8, 2019 Tom Strode

Pro-abortion legislatures and governors in at least four states have responded to the wave of state laws this year against abortion with expansions of abortion rights. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law June 19 a bill that protects the right to abortion until the moment of birth. Her action followed the enactment of…

Letter: Our disrespect for human life is the root of mass shootings

August 8, 2019 Peggy Burgess

Another mass shooting, Why? We have now suffered more mass shootings. This time the shooting was in a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas (and in Dayton, Ohio.) Why are we witnessing mass shootings? I believe the root cause of the increase of mass shootings is not mysterious. In 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled…

Several states are battling abortion but not Oklahoma

June 6, 2019 Charles Biggs

Can we abolish abortion in America? The answer is yes. The State of Missouri is in a court battle to close the last remaining abortion clinic in that state, a clinic run by Planned Parenthood, the biggest abortion machine in America. At issue was a state license that expired May 31. Losing the license would…

Letter: Crazed pro-abortion advocates

May 23, 2019 Duane Collins

Georgia’s Republican Governor recently signed into law a bill that bans an abortion if the baby’s heartbeat is detectable. And now several other states are pursuing similar legislation. This bill has driven pro-abortion advocates crazy, because it exposes the lies they’ve been telling the American people for the past fifty years . . . Lies…

GOP leaders punish Senator Silk for SB13

April 11, 2019

State Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, said he is being blacklisted by Republican leaders because he authored a bill to abolish abortion in Oklahoma. Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, removed Silk from a committee vice chairmanship because Silk promoted Senate Bill 13, which would have made abortion illegal in the state. That…

Right to abortion?

March 28, 2019

The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill from President Pro Tempore Greg Treat that would put a legislative referendum on the 2020 ballot to let voters decide whether to restrict the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s ability to construe a right to an abortion in the state constitution. Senate Bill 195 passed on a 40-8 vote and now…

Gun bill is signed, SB13 gets blocked

March 7, 2019

Governor Kevin Stitt signed House Bill 2597, which establishes “Constitutional Carry” in the state of Oklahoma. “Oklahomans are strong supporters of the Second Amendment, and they made their voice known as I traveled across all 77 counties last year,” said Stitt. HB 2597 establishes “Constitutional Carry,” allowing the concealed or unconcealed carry of firearms by…

Editorial: It’s time to repeal Roe v. Wade

December 6, 2018

The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and allies want the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. According to a brief filed November 15, the Supreme Court could review a lower court ruling that banned discrimination against certain classes of unborn children according to sex, race,…