Proposed legislation in 2012 that would have granted a fertilized egg the same rights as a person mobilized Danielle Williams to join the fight for reproductive justice. “It was kind of the first moment that I took the abortion debate personally. I luckily have never needed abortion care or anything like that, but it was […]
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Powerful women
Before flipping Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional district, Kendra Horn served as executive director of Sally’s List. She helped recruit and train women who considered running for elected positions before jumping into the mix herself. “Sometimes you have to take your own advice,” she previously told Oklahoma Gazette. “I was hearing woman after woman tell me that […]
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Letters to the Editor: July 26, 2017
Planned Parenthood is trusted by women everywhere. I know because I used its services when I was in my 20s, when I was just starting out in the real world but with no access to health care.
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Cover Story: Local impact! How federal decisions affect local lives and communities
“They are trying to create and turn citizens against the environment and environmentalism, which troubles me more than anything,” Bridgwater said.
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Letters to the Editor: April 6, 2016
The next day, I was still fuming over the incident and decided that if people that ignorant can go around changing weak minds, then I need a dog in this fight, so I donated $10 to Planned Parenthood for every minute of my time he wasted.
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I’m glad that her two children can and do provide for her, but a raise in her monthly Social Security stipend would not have changed her situation.
I’m glad that her two children can and do provide for her, but a raise in her monthly Social Security stipend would not have changed her situation.
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Letters to the Editor: Oct. 14, 2015
Fungible facts Nate Batchelder’s, director of The Peace House, endorsement of the despicable practices of Planned Parenthood (PP) is nonsensical, specious statistics according to me, Tom Furlong, director of the Victory House (Opinion, Commentary, “The right to choose,” Sept. 30, Oklahoma Gazette). He doesn’t realize that dollars are fungible; any of my tax dollars directed […]
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Letters to the Editor: September 30, 2015
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Commentary: The right to choose
For thousands of years, women have passed along secrets of how to end a pregnancy or how to prevent one. Until birth control, there was no sure defense against pregnancy; and until legalized abortion, there was no safe way to end a pregnancy. Currently, in America, 99 percent of women in their fertile years will […]
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Wendy Davis to speak Saturday at Planned Parenthood event
The event, a staple for supporters of Planned Parenthood, returns Saturday to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63rd St., for an art sale, silent auction, dinner and live entertainment.