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Contrary to Treat’s Media Tour, SB13 is Not a Secession Bill
Oklahoma State Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat has been the primary opposition to the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act over the past two legislative sessions. Since the Abolition Day rally last year, Treat has gone to the media to denounce SB13, authored bills designed to be substitutes for SB13, and instructed former Senator Jason…
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Why “No Bill But SB13” ?
[pdfjs-viewer url=https://freethestates.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SB13-20-page-Pamphlet.pdf viewer_width=600px viewer_height=700px fullscreen=true download=true print=true] When the government demands we choose between obedience to man or obedience to God, scripture is perfectly clear about what we are to do. In Acts 5, Peter and the apostles get into trouble for teaching in the name of Jesus. Verse 29 records their response to the…
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“Mom, I saved someone from Rose Day!”
Every year, the pro-life leaders in Oklahoma put on an event to deliver roses to pro-life politicians and tout the pro-life bills on the agenda for the current session. These bills all regulate the practice of murdering preborn human beings in Oklahoma. None of them abolish abortion. Not only do they not abolish abortion, these…
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Anti-SB13 Campaigners Aren’t Ignorant. They’re Trying to Deceive You.
For those who don’t know me, I come from a pro-life background. When I saw an abortion victim for the first time five years ago, I knew I had to do something about it. In the following years, I was a part of a number of pro-life organizations including Students for Life, the Family Policy…
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Free the States Statement on Sen. Jason Smalley’s Resignation
Oklahoma State Senator Jason Smalley (R-Stroud) announced his resignation on Tuesday, less than two weeks prior to the beginning of the 2020 legislative session. As has been reported in news stories covering his resignation, Smalley, who was chairman of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, refused to give the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act…
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Are Nullification’s Advocates the “Villains” of American History?
On the evening of March 10th, 1854, two wagons carrying seven men approached a cabin in Racine, WI. Inhabiting the cabin was escaped slave Joshua Glover and the men were federal agents. By the authority of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and a warrant signed by a federal judge, the men burst into Glover’s…
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The Inexhaustible Cowardice of Oklahoma Senate President Greg Treat
Keeping abortion legal in a state where the people have awakened to Republican leadership’s cynical lip-service to the cause of ending abortion is no easy task. Oklahoma Senate President Greg Treat (R-Oklahoma City) is going into overdrive to keep abortion legal while maintaining pro-life voters. When the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act (OK SB13)…
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Uncovered Letter Exposes Plan to Keep Abortion Legal in Oklahoma
National Right to Life Vice President Tony Lauinger is getting creative to keep abortion from being abolished in Oklahoma and to silence debate on the matter. As previously reported, Lauinger and his centrist Republican allies in the Oklahoma State Senate are working to kill OK SB13, the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act. A letter…
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The Three Pro-Life Men Keeping Abortion Legal in Oklahoma
The campaign website of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt reads, “I believe human life begins at conception and I’ll fight to protect the rights of the unborn in Oklahoma and across the nation.” Republicans outnumber Democrats in the Oklahoma State Senate 39-to-9, and in the State House, 77-to-24. Oklahoma Senate Bill 13, entitled “The Abolition of…
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