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Oklahomans for Life backs SB 368

Tony Lauinger, State Chairman of Oklahomans for Life, who has tirelessly, for decades and at his own expense, lobbied on behalf of the unborn at the State Capitol, is calling on Oklahomans who oppose abortion to support SB 368. In his message below, Lauinger rightly points out the short-term thinking...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 22, 2023 9:49 AM

Nat Hentoff and how Jesse Jackson sold his soul

A few weeks ago, Nat Hentoff, a long-time columnist for the Village Voice, died. Despite the fact that Hentoff was a political liberal and an atheist, he was remembered fondly by many conservative Christians, particularly for his principled opposition to abortion and his defense of the freedom of speech, even...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 25, 2017 10:37 PM

<em>Je ne regrette rien</em>: France creates anti-conscience safe space

The Wall Street Journal editorial reports that France's High Audiovisual Council (which sounds like nerds with tape on their glasses wielding gavels) has banned "a television commercial showing happy children with Down Syndrome." Produced to commemorate World Down Syndrome Day, the commercial showed several cheerful children with DS addressing a...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 3, 2016 6:00 AM

OK Democrat chairman to party: Don't fly your freak flag

Just a quick note to call your attention to a post at Sooner Politics. David Van Risseghem has gotten hold of an email that was purportedly sent by Oklahoma Democratic Party chairman Mark Hammons to party leaders and staffers, based on meetings with Democratic legislative leaders, about the party's media...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 5, 2016 10:40 AM

National protest against Planned Parenthood Saturday

Saturday morning, August 22, 2015, there will be a nationwide protest against Planned Parenthood, against the organization's dismemberment and harvesting of organs from unborn children. Protests are planned for hundreds of locations across the country. ProtestPP is a coalition of pro-life groups calling for a National Day of Protest...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 21, 2015 1:38 PM

Not just a clump of cells -- it's a revenue opportunity!

The Center for Medical Progress has begun releasing video and documents from its two-and-a-half-year investigation of Planned Parenthood and the sale of body parts from aborted babies. The first undercover video released is of a lunch meeting with Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Senior Director of Medical Services, Planned Parenthood Federation of...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 15, 2015 12:49 PM

Wendy Davis myths busted by Dallas paper

Interesting story in the Dallas Morning News, examining the reality behind the claims Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis has made about the challenges she has faced in life. Davis, a statuesque blonde nicknamed "Abortion Barbie" for her filibuster defending the abortion industry against a bill protecting women's health, is a...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 19, 2014 11:24 PM

Kathy Taylor aide slams Rick Santorum

A press release by Kathy Taylor's campaign manager may have accomplished what no amount of celebrity Republican endorsements have been able do: Motivate grassroots conservatives to go to the polls to vote for a man they despise as a RINO, just to make sure Taylor and her inner circle don't...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 25, 2013 6:53 PM

Oklahomans for Life: Kathy Taylor gave to pro-abortion PAC

Oklahomans for Life, an organization that works for pro-life legislation at the State Capitol and publishes candidate questionnaires on abortion, euthanasia, and related issues, has noted Tulsa mayoral candidate Kathy Taylor's financial support for Emily's List, a political action committee that requires a radical pro-abortion litmus test of any candidates...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 19, 2013 12:58 AM

Doug Cox uses tornado to defend Planned Parenthood funding

State Rep. Doug Cox (RINO-Grove) is using the aftermath of a disaster to gain a national platform from which he can heap scorn on his fellow lawmakers and his fellow Oklahomans in order to support Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, from whom he received a national award this...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 23, 2013 7:44 PM

Tulsa March for Life tonight marks 40 years after <em>Roe v. Wade</em>

In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the U. S. Supreme Court decision that overturned abortion laws in nearly every state, and in memory of the 55 million unborn children killed since that time by legal abortion in America (a holocaust that rivals...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2013 12:22 AM

President Obama to speak to Tulsa Hispanic event? <em>&iexcl;Inocente!</em>

A Facebook friend shared an item posted on December 28, 2012, by Teletul Estrellatv Tulsa (channel 51, Tulsa's only Spanish-language TV station) about President Barack Obama participating in a Día de Reyes event on January 6 at 3 pm in the parking lot of the Las Américas supermarket parking lot...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 28, 2012 11:44 PM

Rally for Religious Freedom Friday noon on Tulsa's Centennial Green

A Rally for Religious Freedom will be held in dozens of cities across the nation tomorrow, bringing together Catholics and Protestants to protest government intrusion in the religious convictions of health care providers. Tulsa's rally will take place at Chapman Centennial Green, on 6th Street downtown between Main and Boston,...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 7, 2012 3:40 PM

Oklahoma House Republicans abort pro-life bill in secret caucus vote

Oklahoma Speaker of the House Kris Steele has pulled a pro-life bill from the House calendar, effectively killing it for the year. SB 1433, which establishes the principle that personhood begins at conception, was, figuratively speaking, poisoned and dismembered by Steele, who claimed the support of a secret vote in...

Posted by Michael Bates on April 24, 2012 1:31 AM

Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom noon Friday, March 23, 2012

Americans will rally in 140 cities across the nation at noon tomorrow, Friday, March 23, 2012, to protest the Obamacare HHS mandate requiring nearly all private health insurance plans to cover "all FDA-approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs," overriding an employer's moral convictions. Tulsa's rally...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 22, 2012 12:53 PM

MEND marks 25 years

Earlier this evening, I attended the annual fundraising banquet for MEND Medical Clinic and Pregnancy Resource Center. MEND was founded in 1987 to provide pregnant women in crisis pregnancies in the Tulsa area with the resources they need to say "yes" to the new life growing within. In 2011, MEND...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 8, 2012 10:40 PM

Government-mandated contraception funding: Debunking the left

-->The Washington, D.C., based blog Alexa Shrugged weighs into the debate over the Obamacare mandate that would force church-owned institutions to fund insurance coverage for contraception, abortifacients, and abortion even if such funding violates the principles of the owners. Alexa has posted three installments in this series, marshaling facts,...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 20, 2012 8:59 PM

Coburn, Boren, Lucas, Lankford honorary hosts for AUL 40th anniversary gala

Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, 2nd District Congressman Dan Boren, 3rd District Congressman Frank Lucas, and 5th District Congressman James Lankford are honorary hosts for the 40th anniversary celebration of Americans United for Life. Minnesota Congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is also an honorary host, and Texas Gov. Rick Perry,...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 16, 2011 12:18 AM

Tulsa March for Life, today, 11:30 a.m.

Tulsa's second annual March for Life and rally will be held today, January 22, 2011, in downtown Tulsa, to mark the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decisions that overturned abortion prohibitions in every state. The march will begin at 8th and Boulder at 11:30 and will proceed 6 blocks...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2011 12:00 AM

Join the March for Life

Today is the March for Life, the annual event to protest Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that overturned abortion laws nationwide and that has resulted in the death of nearly 50 million innocent American children since that date. You may not be able to get to...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 22, 2010 8:41 AM