Credit: Brad Gregg Members of the anti-abortion group, who describe themselves as modern-day abolitionists, took issue with the fact that a portion of the church’s donations go to Planned Parenthood (which, incidentally, does not provide abortions in Oklahoma). Mayflower lists 23 other organizations that receive church funds, including food banks and homeless shelters. Several figures, […]
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Countering contraceptives
“Hobby Lobby must violate its faith and pay for abortion pills” shouted a news release following the judge’s decision. But the truth of the matter is a bit more complex. Are emergency contraceptives tantamount to abortion? Medical experts believe they prevent ovulation or fertilization. It is not impossible that they could prevent a fertilized egg […]
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Poo-pooing Planned Parenthood
Credit: Brad Gregg Of course, the Health Department said it has the right to choose … who receives a contract. In September, the agency chose not to renew the Planned Parenthood contract, citing the program’s relatively high cost per participant, a decrease in case loads and faulty billing practices. But Planned Parenthood of the Heartland […]
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Back from Hell
Presented as four days of a taped holiday — because apparently, that’s what young people do — the movie follows a handful of pals who vacay together, screw around with a Ouija board and eat shish kabob outdoors. In other words, not a Hell of a lot happens beyond the occasional person screaming from outside. […]
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Fetus fetish
Credit: Brad Gregg That includes a measure requiring that women get an ultrasound before an abortion and have the images described to them. That bill was struck down as unconstitutional, but that ruling is being appealed by state Attorney General Scott Pruitt. “Every year, we look to Oklahoma to see what unfortunate, harmful thing they […]
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Putting the ‘eff’ in ‘friendly skies’
Brad Gregg According to RH Reality Check, a website dedicated to reproductive and sexual health news, American Airlines recently kicked the Tulsan off a flight because of her T-shirt. No, it wasn’t one of those Warpaint ones that spurred so many death threats. Instead, it read, “If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d […]
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In-person treatment
Jim Wilson Introduced by Sen. Kim David, R-Wagoner, House Bill 2381 sets its sights on RU-486, also known as mifepristone, as well as any other drug or chemical used for abortion. Mifepristone differs from over-the-counter forms of emergency contraception — so-called morning-after pills — that release hormones to delay ovulation and preempt pregnancy. RU-486 terminates […]
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Ill-conceived
Brad Gregg House Speaker Kris Steele said April 19 that the body would not hear Senate Bill 1433, which would proclaim that embryos have all the same rights as folks not encased in a womb. The bill is dead now that the House Republican Caucus voted to pull out the legislative equivalent of a vacuum […]
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Politics of satire
Kurt Hochenauer Democratic state Sens. Constance Johnson of Oklahoma City, Judy Eason McIntyre of Tulsa and Jim Wilson of Tahlequah are responding to the GOP assault on women’s reproductive rights here and elsewhere this year with satire and humor. Their pointed barbs and actions have an obvious theme in common: Reproduction involves a man as […]
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War of the womb
A state judge last week struck down a law requiring an ultrasound be performed prior to an abortion, and the following day a suit was filed to prevent a so-called personhood measure from landing on the November ballot. The ultrasound law, passed by the state Legislature in 2010 over the veto of then-Gov. Brad Henry, […]