Coffee Discusses Senate Efforts to Reject Health Care Mandates

Yesterday, Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee (R-Oklahoma City), left, held a state Capitol news conference, during which he discussed three recent Senate votes which are designed to safeguard Oklahomans from being forced to participate in whatever federal health care program might be enacted. One measure would allow a statewide vote on so-called Obamacare.

Click here to read journalist Patrick B. McGuigan's report filed at CapitolBeatOK

State's Pro-Life Media Hold Successful Capitol Luncheon

On Thursday, about two dozen pro-life Oklahoma media and nonprofit organizations hosted an educational legislators' luncheon at the state Capitol centered around the sanctity of human life. Many Oklahoma House and Senate members attended and learned about the work of the Oklahoma Pro-Life Media Coalition (OPLMC), which, through its print and broadcast media members statewide, reaches approximately 81.9 percent of all Oklahoma citizens with pro-life news and information.

The keynote luncheon speaker was Valeska Littlefield, director of Hope Pregnancy Center in Tulsa. Earlier, leaders of Oklahoma's numerous CPC and Pregnancy Resource Centers heard a presentation from Dave Everitt, of Gig Harbor, Wash., who is vice president of advancement for Life International. Everitt and wife, JoAnn, traveled to Oklahoma specifically for this annual event.

At the present time, several pro-life measures are working their way through the state Capitol, many designed to solve alleged state Constitutional deficiencies as determined by Oklahoma County district judges in recent opinions. Regardless of the many nuisance legal challenges brought by abortionists to sidetrack new pro-life laws, Oklahoma continues moving forward to protect unborn life and to safeguard women's medical choices. Our state is now ranked as the fourth most pro-life state in the entire U.S., thanks to the efforts of pro-life Oklahomans and the dilligence of state legislators.

Click here to read one media account of yesterday's OPLMC luncheon.