“We have six children. So yes, we’re pro-life.” When I heard her say it, I wondered if we could blame her mistake on Oklahoma’s record cuts to public education. The quote is an example of a non sequitur, a statement that does not logically follow from the previous statement. Since nearly one-fifth of all Oklahoma […]
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Just because you’re “opposed to abortion” doesn’t make you “pro-life.”
Just because you’re “opposed to abortion” doesn’t make you “pro-life.”
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Chicken-Fried News: Pro-life skills
A bill for anti-abortion education programs passed through two committees in the Oklahoma Legislature.
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 26, 2015
Our goal was to provide sustainable, easy-to-manage, community gardens to schools in at-risk communities.
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The next move
Rep. Randy Grau To some, it’s a sad day. For others, it’s a celebration of a woman’s reproductive rights. Regardless, some state legislators are counting on another try at placing restrictions on the law in Oklahoma after suffering a legal defeat by the state Supreme Court. Rep. Randy Grau, R-Edmond, is one of those lawmakers. […]
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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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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 […]