their web site<\/a>, they are \u201cpartnering\u201d with the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, Planned Parenthood of Central OK, Ok Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and are the Cofounder of Take Root at Oklahoma University.<\/p>\nPlanned Parenthood has deep pockets. They also have a network that is wired in to community organizations such as the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce and other public decision makers and influencers.<\/p>\n
However, in terms of numbers, these organizations are like a small, highly incestuous, family. Their strength is in networking and organizing, not numbers.<\/p>\n
I find this whole thing a bit disgusting. Not only does this attack on life disgust me, but I am a feminist and it disgusts me that this is what feminism has devolved down to. It wouldn\u2019t take half a brain to see that what the women of Oklahoma need is something a lot different from\u00a0more abortionists.<\/p>\n
Time will tell if this group is just talk or if there\u2019s beef in the sandwich. One thing I\u2019m already sure of: They aren\u2019t doing work that addresses the real needs of Oklahoma women.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Somebody, somewhere decided that Oklahoma is \u201cunderserved\u201d by abortionists. That\u2019s what they think the women of Oklahoma need: More abortionists. Personally, I can think of a whole slate\u00a0of things the women of Oklahoma need more than they need another abortionist. I know a lot of Oklahoma women who\u2019ve had abortions. Wish they hadn\u2019t, but they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1155,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7041,299,48,1],"tags":[18,3359,7850,6188,7219],"class_list":["post-28210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion-2","category-oklahoma","category-pro-life","category-uncategorized","tag-abortion","tag-abortionist","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-abortionist","tag-trust-women"],"yoast_head":"\n
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