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Oklahomans For Life Letter
Vol. 33, No. 1 www.OkForLife.org July 2008
Pro-Life U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe Targeted;
State Legislature Hangs in the Balance
Longtime pro-life champion U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe corporation commission, appear on pages 4 through 8 of
is running for reelection this year and is being targeted for this newsletter.
defeat by radical pro-abortion groups in Washington. His The surveys (and this entire newsletter) are posted
Democrat opponent in November, following the July 29 on our Oklahomans For Life website www.OkForLife.org
Primary Election, is expected to be pro-abortion state
Senator Andrew Rice.
All five of Oklahoma's members of the U.S. House Senate Key Battleground
of Representatives are also on the ballot this year. The
four Republican incumbents all have 100% pro-life voting
In Fight for Control of
records: 1st district Congressman John Sullivan, 3rd district State Legislature
Congressman Frank Lucas, 4th district Congressman Tom
Cole, and 5th district Congresswoman Mary Fallin. Second
With the state Senate currently split 24-24 between
district Democratic Congressman Dan Boren has a 67%
Republicans and Democrats, the stakes are high this
pro-life voting record during his four years in Congress.
election year. Both parties are seeking to win the majority.
Senator Jim Inhofe has been a steadfast defender of
Republicans' best hopes for gains are in Stillwater,
the unborn child and a strong and effective leader in the
where pro-life Dr. Jim Halligan, former OSU president, is
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competing for an open seat long held by Democrats, and
Are You Registered to Vote? in Tulsa, where pro-life Dan Newberry is running for the
seat of Republican-turned-Democrat Nancy Riley, who
Go to our website: www.OkForLife.org has had a checkered voting record on the abortion issue.
______________________________________________ On eight key votes on the Senate floor over the past two
years, Senator Riley voted pro-abortion four times, voted
pro-life effort throughout his public life. Sen. Inhofe has pro-life three times, and was absent once (when she was
compiled a 100% pro-life voting record through his 22 the only senator missing). [See our website for votes.]
years in the U.S. House and Senate. Pro-life Republican Kenny Sherrill of McAlester is
Democrat state Senator Andrew Rice has compiled a seeking election to replace pro-abortion Democrat Richard
pro-abortion voting record in the legislature and last year Lerblance in Democrat Gene Stipe's former seat.
was one of those actively urging pro-abortion Governor Democrats are challenging two pro-life Republican
Brad Henry to veto a major pro-life bill that had passed incumbents, pro-life Senator Jonathan Nichols in Norman,
overwhelmingly in the Oklahoma House and Senate. and pro-life Senator Don Barrington in Lawton. Both
Republican senators have 100% pro-life voting records.
The Democratic challengers did not answer our survey.
Candidates Surveyed on
Right-to-Life Issue Sign Up for Email Alerts
We sent questionnaires about pro-life legislation to For Legislative Alerts by email, go to our website,
candidates in the July 29 Primary Election. The questions www.OkForLife.org and enter your email address at top
and responses from federal candidates appear on page 3. of home page. We'll email you about pending legislation.
A different set of questions, and the responses of Please add addresses of friends and family members
candidates for the Oklahoma state legislature and for the whom you would like to receive the Alerts, as well.
on a magazine cover, on a friend's refrigerator. This
Legislature Enacts Major bill allows her to see it when it can still influence her
Pro-Life Law Over life-or-death decision.
When former Rep. Kevin Calvey authored an
Governor's Veto ultrasound law in 2006, he got an email from a
woman who told him that, 17 years earlier, she had
A bill to help protect women, unborn children, gone to a clinic to get an abortion. The doctor was
health care professionals, and individuals with using ultrasound as he got ready to begin the
disabilities was voted into law by the Oklahoma abortion, but he inadvertently turned the screen at an
legislature April 17. Supporters of SB 1878, led by angle where she was able to view it. She saw that,
the authors, Senator Todd Lamb and Representative unbeknownst to her, she was pregnant with twins.
Pam Peterson, overcame Governor Brad Henry's veto She told the doctor to stop, got up off the table, and
of the pro-life legislation, the first time in 14 years left the clinic, never to return. She wanted Rep.
that a veto had been overridden by the Oklahoma Calvey to know that she was very thankful for her
legislature. The law has five parts: 16-year-old twins.
1) It protects health care professionals' freedom 5) It fosters respect for babies with disabilities
of conscience by upholding their right to refuse to by disallowing wrongful-life lawsuits that claim life
participate in the taking of an innocent human life. is a "wrong" for a baby with a disability and that a
The preeminent principle of medical ethics is, "First, less-than-perfect baby would have been better off
do no harm." Society must protect health care being aborted. Such cases severely undermine
professionals' right to refuse to be involved in the society's respect for persons with disabilities, and
destruction of an innocent human life. "Freedom of promote the specter of eugenic abortions. The
choice" for one person must never force on another pressure in our culture for "quality control" carries
the obligation to be complicit in the killing. over for some to their attitude about babies, and has
had a corrosive effect on our society's respect for the
2) It ensures that RU-486, the chemical abortion sanctity of human life. Doctors are put under
pill, is used in accordance with federal Food and tremendous pressure by the coercive effect of
Drug Administration guidelines. RU-486 is used by malpractice lawsuits to abandon their life-affirming
abortionists to cause the deaths of unborn children values and, instead, participate in what former U.S.
who are approximately five to nine weeks old. The Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD, described as
deaths of several mothers following RU-486 "search and destroy missions."
abortions have caused concern about the ways in Not the medical profession, nor the court
which some abortion practitioners use the drugs. system, nor society at large should be accomplices in
a program of selectively eliminating (killing) those
3) It ensures that a mother's consent to an unborn children who don't measure up to some
abortion is truly voluntary, and safeguards against arbitrary standard of perfection.
coerced abortions. Many women, of all ages, are Oklahoma is the first state to ensure that each
pressured to have abortions. Boyfriends are the chief woman planning an abortion be provided an
offender, though not the only one. A desire to evade ultrasound, so that she might make a truly informed
responsibility for child support is a frequent motive. decision.
And threats, tragically, often turn violent if the _______________
woman follows her maternal instincts and refuses to
abort the baby: among pregnant women in the United Oklahomans For Life Letter
States, a leading cause of death is murder. is published by
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4) It provides a woman an ultrasound of her
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abortion. For the baby, it is the last line of defense. Fax: (918) 749-6580
For the mother, the ultrasound provides the benefit of Email: info@OkForLife.org
crucial information prior to an act that is irrevocable. Anthony J. Lauinger
Someday, she will see an ultrasound on television, State Chairman, Editor
Oklahomans For Life Letter www.OkForLife.org July 2008, page 2
any health care professional, hospital, HMO, insurance plan, or other
Federal Candidate Survey "health care entity" because of that provider's decision not to perform,
cover, or pay for induced abortions. Would you vote for the Abortion Non-
In anticipation of the Primary Election on Tuesday, July 29, Discrimination Act and oppose weakening amendments?
Oklahomans For Life/National Right to Life asked the twelve questions
below of candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. 10) Some hospitals have implemented formal policies authorizing denial
The initial after a candidate's name represents party affiliation of lifesaving medical treatment against the will of a patient or the patient's
(Republican, Democrat, or Independent). On the first eleven questions, a family if an ethics committee thinks the patient's quality of life is
"yes" answer indicates agreement with the position of Oklahomans For unacceptable, even though the patient and family disagree. The federal
Life. On question 12, the answer "A," "B," or "C" is shown, as indicated by Patient Self-Determination Act currently requires health care facilities
the candidate. receiving Medicare or Medicaid to ask patients on admission whether they
have an advance directive indicating their desire to receive or refuse life-
1) In its 1973 rulings in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the U.S. saving treatment under certain circumstances. Would you support
Supreme Court created a "right to abortion" for any reason until preventing involuntary denial of lifesaving medical treatment by amending
"viability" and for any "health" reasons including "emotional" health the Patient Self-Determination Act to provide that if failure to comply with
even during the final three months of pregnancy. Do you support the a patient's or surrogate's choice for life-saving treatment would in
reversal of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions, so that elected reasonable medical judgment be likely to result in or hasten the patient's
legislative bodies may once again protect unborn children by limiting or death, a health care provider unwilling to respect the choice for life-saving
prohibiting abortion? treatment must allow the patient to be transferred to a willing provider and
must provide the treatment pending transfer?
2) Would you support federal legislation, such as the Ultrasound
Informed Consent Act, to require that before an abortion is performed, the 11) Would you vote against any bill that imposes price controls or
abortionist must perform an ultrasound and display the ultrasound images otherwise limits the right of older Americans who choose to do so to add
for the mother, so that she may view the images? their own funds on top of the government contribution in order to obtain
Medicare health insurance that is less likely to ration medical treatment
3) The right to life of human beings must be respected at every stage of and prescription drugs?
their biological development. Human individuals who are at the embryonic
stage of development should not be used for harmful or lethal medical 12) The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) believes that unborn
experimentation. This applies equally to human beings whether their lives children should be protected by law, and that abortion should be permitted
were begun by in vitro fertilization, by somatic cell nuclear transfer (human only when necessary to prevent the death of the mother. Under what
cloning), or by some other laboratory technique. We oppose harvesting circumstances, if any, do you believe that abortion should be legal?
"stem cells" from living human embryos, since this kills the embryos. (We A Only to prevent the death of the mother (the NRLC position).
are NOT opposed to other research on stem cells that are obtained without B To prevent the mother's death, in cases of incest committed against a
killing embryos, e.g., stem cells from umbilical cord blood and adult tissue.) minor, and in reported cases of forcible rape.
Will you vote for measures to protect living human embryos from being C Other
used for medical experiments that would harm or kill them, including so-
called embryonic stem cell research that would require the killing of human (To learn your Congressional District #, see our website www.OkForLife.org
embryos, regardless of the method used to create these human embryos? and click on "ID Your Legislators," or phone your County Election Board.)
4) Human cloning (somatic cell nuclear transfer) is a process in which Question numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
genetic material from one person is artificially transferred into a human or
animal egg cell, thereby beginning the life of a new human individual who United States Senate
has only one parent and who is genetically nearly identical to that parent. Jim Inhofe R yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes B
We believe human life at every stage of biological development is deserving Dennis Lopez R yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes - C
of respect and protection regardless of the circumstances under which that Evelyn L. Rogers R yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes A
human life was created. It has been proposed to create human life through Ted Ryals R Survey not returned to us
cloning for the purpose of destructive experiments on those humans, Andrew Rice D Survey not returned to us
resulting in their deaths, a process sometimes referred to as "therapeutic Jim Rogers D Survey not returned to us
cloning." Would you support a legal prohibition on all human cloning Stephen P. Wallace I Survey not returned to us
(i.e., the creation of human embryos by cloning)?
5) Would you vote for the current Hyde Amendment policy (restricting United States House of Representatives
federal Medicaid funding of abortions) without weakening amendments?
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
6) Title X ("Title 10") of the Public Health Service Act provides more John Sullivan R yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes A
than $300 million annually for grants to state and private entities for *Fran Mo-ghaddam R yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes no no A
"family planning" programs. Although federal law does not permit such Georgianna W. Oliver D Survey not returned to us
funds to be used directly for abortions, large amounts of Title X funds go to Mark Manley D Survey not returned to us
organizations (such as Planned Parenthood) that operate abortion clinics.
Would you support legislation to make organizations that operate abortion SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
clinics (not bona fide hospitals) ineligible for Title X funding? Dan Boren D no yes no yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes B
Kevin Coleman D yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes B
7) Would you vote against any attempt to weaken or overturn the Raymond J. Wickson R Survey not returned to us
pro-life Mexico City Policy, under which, in order to be eligible for U.S.
population-control funds, a private overseas organization must agree not to THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
perform abortions (except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of rape Frank D. Lucas R yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes B
or incest) or to "actively promote abortion as a method of family *Frankie Robbins D yes yes no yesyes no yes yes yesyesyes B
planning"? Forrest Michael I Survey not returned to us
8) Would you vote for the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
(which prohibits the circumventing of state parental-notification or consent Tom Cole R yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes A
laws by making it a federal offense to transport a minor across state lines Blake Cummings D yes yes - no yes no yes yes yes yes no B
for a secret abortion) and would you oppose weakening amendments? *David E. Joyce I yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes B
9) Across the nation, pro-abortion officials and advocacy groups have FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
sought to use the compulsory powers of government to compel health-care Mary Fallin R yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes A
providers to participate in abortion. The Abortion Non-Discrimination Act Steven L. Perry D Survey not returned to us
would prohibit state and local governments from discriminating against Bert Smith D Survey not returned to us
Oklahomans For Life Letter www.OkForLife.org July 2008, page 3
the life-saving treatment pending transfer of the patient to a willing
State Candidate Survey provider. Will you oppose any attempt to repeal or weaken this protective
law?
In anticipation of the Primary Election on Tuesday, July 29,
Oklahomans For Life asked the twelve questions below of candidates for 10) Will you oppose the legalization of lethal prescriptions or lethal
the Corporation Commission and for the Oklahoma State Senate and the injections to intentionally kill an innocent person or to "assist" someone in
Oklahoma State House of Representatives. The most important question is committing suicide ("active euthanasia")?
No. 1, and the candidate's answer to that question is written in capital
letters. (We asked Corporation Commission candidates, who could not 11) Oklahoma's advance directive (living will) law recognizes the
literally "vote for" these measures, to indicate whether they "support" particular importance of food and water. In order to ensure truly informed
them.) For House and Senate races, the counties or partial counties consent, our law requires a separately-initialed paragraph in an advance
(marked by an asterisk) in the district are indicated after the district directive in order for artificial administration of food and water to be
number. The initial after a candidate's name represents party affiliation rejected. Some proposals have been made that would, instead, combine food
(Republican, Democrat, or Independent). On each question, a "yes" answer and water with "medical treatment" such as respirators or surgery, so that
indicates agreement with the position of Oklahomans For Life. choosing to forego life-sustaining medical treatment would be assumed to
mean the individual wanted to die by starvation and dehydration. In order
1) Upon reversal of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision, to avoid confusion and protect individuals who expect to die from their
will you vote for a law that would protect the lives of unborn children and underlying illness or injury, not from starvation or dehydration, will you
prohibit abortion except to prevent the death of the mother? vote against any bill that would repeal or weaken the existing requirement
for a separately-initialed provision in an advance directive to indicate the
2) If efforts to enact such a law failed, will you vote for a law that rejection of food and water?
would prohibit abortion except when necessary to prevent the death of the
mother, or when the pregnancy is the result of forcible rape (reported to 12) Will you vote for a bill to establish an advance directive (living will)
law enforcement authorities within seven days), or when the pregnancy registry on the Department of Health website so that a patient's
resulted from an act of incest committed against a minor (with the instructions could be more easily accessed by a health-care provider?
perpetrator reported to law enforcement authorities)?
3) Will you vote for a law to prohibit sex-selection abortions?
Oklahoma Statewide Candidates
4) Will you vote for a comprehensive abortion-reporting law that
would provide an understanding of the prevalence of abortion in Question numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Oklahoma, the reasons abortions are sought, the complications that result,
and that would monitor, and ensure compliance with, our existing abortion CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (FULL TERM)
statutes? Jeff Cloud R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Charles Gray D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
5) The right to life of human beings must be respected at every stage of
their biological development. Nevertheless, some have proposed taking
living human embryos from in vitro fertilization clinics and harvesting their CORPORATION COMMISSIONER (SHORT TERM)
stem cells, thereby killing these embryonic human beings. While we support Rob Johnson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
research on stem cells obtained without killing human embryos e.g, stem Dana Murphy R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
cells harvested from umbilical-cord blood or from adult tissue we oppose Jim Roth D Survey not returned to us
killing embryonic human beings. Would you vote for a law to protect living
human embryos from being used for medical experiments that harm or kill
them, including so-called "embryonic stem-cell research" that would Oklahoma State Senate Candidates
require the killing of human embryos?
(To learn your Senate District number, go to our website www.OkForLife.org
6) Some researchers have proposed creating human life through and click on "ID Your Legislators," or phone your County Election Board.)
cloning, a process wherein genetic material would be artificially transferred
into an egg cell from which the nuclear material has been removed, thereby Question numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
beginning the life of a new human individual. Cloning is being promoted in
order to perform destructive experiments on embryonic human beings, DISTRICT 1 - *Craig, Delaware, Ottawa
which would cause their deaths, or to scavenge cloned humans' bodies for Charles Wyrick D Survey not returned to us
cells, tissue, and organs, resulting in their deaths. Would you vote for a law
to prohibit all use of cloning to create any human beings, including human DISTRICT 3 Adair, Cherokee, *Sequoyah
embryos? Jim Wilson D Survey not returned to us
7) Would you oppose the establishing or funding of school-based DISTRICT 5 - *Atoka, Choctaw, McCurtain, Pushmataha
"health" clinics, unless they are explicitly prohibited from doing abortion Patrick K. Miller R Survey not returned to us
counseling or making abortion referrals or referring students to any other Jerry Ellis D YES yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
entity which counsels for, refers for, or performs abortions? Steve Young D Survey not returned to us
8) There is currently an aggressive drive underway to legalize DISTRICT 7 Haskell, Latimer, Pittsburg, *Sequoyah
euthanasia and assisted suicide across the United States. Causing the Kenny Sherrill R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes -
starvation or dehydration deaths of persons with disabilities and of Richard C. Lerblance D Survey not returned to us
incompetent patients who are deemed to be a burden on others or to have a
diminished "quality of life" is the euthanasia movement's interim goal while DISTRICT 9 Muskogee, *Wagoner
they seek eventual public acceptance of killing by lethal injection or by Earl Garrison D Survey not returned to us
lethal overdose of controlled substances/dangerous drugs. Oklahoma's
Hydration and Nutrition for Incompetent Patients Act protects incompetent DISTRICT 11 *Osage, *Tulsa
persons who have not directed that they be deprived of food and water so Judy Eason McIntyre D Survey not returned to us
they will not be victims of death by starvation or dehydration. Will you Prophet-Kelly L. D Survey not returned to us
oppose any attempt to repeal or weaken this protective law? Clark, Sr.
DISTRICT 13 *Coal, *Garvin, Hughes, Pontotoc
9) Oklahoma law protects against the involuntary denial of life-saving Susan Paddack D Survey not returned to us
medical treatment by requiring that if a health-care provider's refusal to
comply with a decision made by or on behalf of a patient to receive life- DISTRICT 15 *Cleveland, *McClain
saving medical treatment would, in reasonable medical judgment, be likely Jonathan Nichols R - yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
to result in the patient's death, then the health-care provider must provide Diane M. Drum D Survey not returned to us
Oklahomans For Life Letter www.OkForLife.org July 2008, page 4
DISTRICT 17 *Cleveland, *Oklahoma, *Pottawatomie Question numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Donald Rominger, Jr R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Charlie Laster D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 1 - *McCurtain
Rusty Farley R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 19 *Garfield, *Kingfisher, *Logan Dennis R. Bailey D - yes yes - yes yes - yes yes yes - -
Patrick Anderson R Survey not returned to us Hank Austin D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 21 *Lincoln, *Logan, *Payne DISTRICT 2 - *Sequoyah
Jim Halligan R - yes yes yes yes yes - yes yes yesyes yes Lawrence J. Mann R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes -
Bob Murphy D Survey not returned to us Glen Bud Smithson D Survey not returned to us
Gregory M Wilson D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 3 - *LeFlore
DISTRICT 23 *Blaine, *Caddo, *Canadian, *Grady Neil Brannon D Survey not returned to us
Ron Justice R Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 4 - *Cherokee
DISTRICT 25-*Tulsa Mike Brown D Survey not returned to us
Mike Mazzei R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 5 - *Delaware, *Mayes
DISTRICT 27 Beaver, *Blaine, Cimarron, Harper, Major, Texas, Woods, Doug Cox R Survey not returned to us
Woodward *Kelly Kerr D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Bryce Marlatt R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Kevin Evans R Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 6 Craig, *Mayes, *Rogers
Bowdy E Peach D Survey not returned to us Chuck Hoskin D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 29 *Craig, Nowata, Washington DISTRICT 7 - *Delaware, Ottawa
John Ford R Survey not returned to us Larry Glenn D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 31 *Comanche, Cotton, *Grady, Jefferson, *Stephens DISTRICT 8 - *Mayes, *Rogers, *Wagoner
Don Barrington R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Ben Sherrer D Survey not returned to us
Keith Erwin D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 9 - *Rogers
DISTRICT 33 *Tulsa Tad M. Jones R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Gary A. Casey R Survey not returned to us Bill Snyder D Survey not returned to us
Tom Adelson D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 10 Nowata, *Osage, *Washington
DISTRICT 35 *Tulsa Steve Martin R - yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Gary Stanislawski R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Eric Epperson D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Jeff Applekamp R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Cason Carter R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 11 - *Tulsa, *Washington
Janet K. Sullivan R YES - yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Earl Sears R YES yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Keith Eisenberger R Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 12 - *Rogers, *Wagoner
DISTRICT 37 - *Tulsa Wade Rousselot D Survey not returned to us
Dan Newberry R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
*Jan Megee R YES yes yesyesyes yesyes yesyesyes yes yes DISTRICT 13 - *Muskogee, *Wagoner
Nancy C. Riley D NO yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Debbie Lienhart R Survey not returned to us
Jerry McPeak D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 39 *Tulsa
Brian A. Crain R Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 14 - *Cherokee, *Muskogee
George Faught R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 41 *Logan, *Oklahoma Eugene Blankenship D Survey not returned to us
Clark Jolley R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
David Taylor D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 15 - *Haskell, *LeFlore, *McIntosh, *Muskogee, *Sequoyah
Ed Cannaday D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 43 *Cleveland, *Oklahoma
Jim Reynolds R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes DISTRICT 16 - *Muskogee, *Okmulgee, *Wagoner
*David Boren D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Jerry Shoemake D - - yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
James Bo Delso D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 45 *Canadian, *Cleveland, *Oklahoma
Steve Russell R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 17 - *Haskell, Latimer, *LeFlore, *Pittsburg
Kyle D. Loveless R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Brian Renegar D Survey not returned to us
Melinda Daugherty R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Marty Gormley R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes - DISTRICT 18 - *McIntosh, *Pittsburg
Jerry W Foshee R Survey not returned to us Terry Harrison, Jr D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 47 *Oklahoma DISTRICT 19 Choctaw, *LeFlore, *McCurtain, Pushmataha
Todd Lamb R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes R.C. Pruett D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 20 Atoka, *Bryan, Coal, Johnston, *Pontotoc
Paul D. Roan D Survey not returned to us
Oklahoma State House of
DISTRICT 21 - *Bryan
Representatives Candidates John Wayne Carey D Survey not returned to us
(To check your House District number, go to our website www.OkForLife.org DISTRICT 22 - *Cleveland, *Garvin, *McClain, Murray, *Pontotoc
and click on "ID Your Legislators," or phone your County Election Board.) Wes Hilliard D Survey not returned to us
Oklahomans For Life Letter www.OkForLife.org July 2008, page 5
DISTRICT 23 - *Tulsa DISTRICT 42 - *Cleveland, *Garvin, *Grady, *McClain
Sue Tibbs R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Lisa J. Billy R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Pamela Ashby D Survey not returned to us Brad Perry D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Connie Dodson D Survey not returned to us Richard Smalley D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 24 - *Creek, *Hughes, *Okfuskee, *Okmulgee DISTRICT 43 - *Canadian
Steve Kouplen D Survey not returned to us Colby Schwartz R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Kathi Mask D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 44 - *Cleveland
DISTRICT 25 - *Hughes, *McClain, *Pontotoc, *Pottawatomie Tod J. Barrett R Survey not returned to us
Todd Thomsen R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Bill Nations D Survey not returned to us
Gary Starns D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Darrell E. Nemecek D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 45 - *Cleveland
Aaron Stiles R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 26 - *Pottawatomie David Hopper R YES yes yes - - yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Kris Steele R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Ron Henderson R Survey not returned to us
Les White R Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 27 - *Cleveland, *Pottawatomie Wallace Collins D Survey not returned to us
Shane Jett R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Cole Koszara D YES yes yes yes no yes no yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 46 - *Cleveland, *McClain
Scott Martin R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 28 - *Lincoln, *Okfuskee, *Pottawatomie, Seminole Miranda Norman D Survey not returned to us
Ronald G. Sheppard R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Ryan Dean Kiesel D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 47 - *Canadian, *Grady
Leslie Osborn R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
DISTRICT 29 - *Creek, *Tulsa John Paul Jordan R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Skye McNiel R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Jane McNeff R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Harold Jackson D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 30 - *Creek, *Tulsa
Mark E. McCullough R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes DISTRICT 48 - *Carter
Joe Crowder D Survey not returned to us Pat Ownbey R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Matt Cunningham R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
DISTRICT 31 - *Logan, *Oklahoma John L. Moore D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes no yes
Jason W. Murphey R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Jennifer Sherrill D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 49 - *Carter, Love, Marshall
Sean Oliver R Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 32 - *Creek, *Lincoln Terry M. Hyman D Survey not returned to us
Danny Morgan D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 50 - *Comanche, *Cotton, *Stephens
DISTRICT 33 - *Logan, *Payne Dennis Johnson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Lee R. Denney R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Daisy Lawler D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Mike Pierson D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 51 - *Cotton, *Grady, Jefferson, *McClain, *Stephens
DISTRICT 34 - *Payne Corey Holland R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Aaron Carlson R YES yes yes yes yes yes - yes yes yesyes yes Tommy Cosgrove D Survey not returned to us
Ruth Anne Kennedy D Survey not returned to us
Cory T. Williams D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 52 - *Greer, Jackson, *Kiowa
Charles L. Ortega R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 35 - *Noble, *Osage, Pawnee, *Payne Dan McMahan D Survey not returned to us
Rex Duncan R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Rodger Ensign D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 53 - *Cleveland
Randy Terrill R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 36 - *Osage, *Tulsa Curtis Bruehl R Survey not returned to us
Kevin Sean Roberts R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Troy Green D Survey not returned to us
Eddie Fields R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Charles Barnes D YES yes yes yes - yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Haskell Garrett R NO yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Scott N. BigHorse D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 54 - *Cleveland
Paul Wesselhoft R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 37 - *Kay, *Osage Dustin McGowen R Survey not returned to us
Brent Colle R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Ken Luttrell D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 55 - *Caddo, *Canadian, *Kiowa, Washita
Ryan McMullen D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 38 - *Garfield, *Grant, *Kay, *Noble, *Osage
Dale R. DeWitt R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 56 - *Caddo, *Canadian, *Grady
Phil Richardson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 39 - *Oklahoma
Marian Cooksey R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 57 - *Blaine, *Canadian, Custer
Graham Guhl D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Lynn Norman R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Richard Prawdzienski I Survey not returned to us Warren Goldmann R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Lyle Miller R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 40 - *Garfield Harold Wright R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Mike Jackson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Perry Adams D Survey not returned to us
Pierce Jones D Survey not returned to us Jared Deck D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 41 - *Canadian, *Garfield, *Kingfisher, *Oklahoma DISTRICT 58 Alfalfa, *Grant, *Major, Woods, *Woodward
John Enns R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Jeff Hickman R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Dwain Jindra R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Scott Cooper I NO yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
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DISTRICT 59 - *Blaine*Canadian,Dewey*Kingfisher,*Major, *Woodward DISTRICT 78 - *Tulsa
Tim R. Riddle R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Jay Matlock R YES yes yes - yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Mike Sanders R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Jeannie McDaniel D Survey not returned to us
Chris Cameron R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes -
Donald Edward Russell D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 79 - *Tulsa
Weldon Watson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 60 Beckham, *Ellis, *Greer, Harmon, Roger Mills Chad Hawkins D Survey not returned to us
Dan Gambill R - - yes yes yes yes - - - - - -
Purcy D. Walker D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 80 - *Tulsa
Mike Ritze R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 61 Beaver, Cimarron, *Ellis, Harper, Texas, *Woodward Maryanne Flippo R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Gus Blackwell R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Jordan Shearer D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 81 - *Oklahoma
Ken Miller R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes -
DISTRICT 62 - *Comanche
T.W. Shannon R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes DISTRICT 82 - *Oklahoma
Randy Warren D Survey not returned to us Guy Liebmann R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Jane Anderson D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 63 - *Comanche, Tillman
Don Armes R Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 83 - *Oklahoma
Randy McDaniel R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 64 - *Comanche Edward K Holzberger D Survey not returned to us
Ann Coody R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 84 - *Oklahoma
DISTRICT 65 - *Caddo, *Comanche, *Grady Sally Kern R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Joe Dorman D Survey not returned to us Ron Marlett D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 66 - *Tulsa DISTRICT 85 - *Oklahoma
Jay K. Ramey R YES yes yes no - - yes yes yes no yes no David Dank R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Lucky Lamons D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Chris Oliver R Survey not returned to us
Bart Jay Robey D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 67 - *Tulsa
Pam Peterson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 86 - Adair, *Cherokee, *Delaware
Sebastian Lantos D Survey not returned to us John Auffet D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 68 - *Creek, *Tulsa DISTRICT 87 - *Oklahoma
Chris Benge R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Jason Nelson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Brian Jackson R Survey not returned to us Andrew Winningham R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yesyes no
Dana Orwig D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 69 - *Tulsa
Fred Jordan R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 88 - *Oklahoma
Al McAffrey D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 70 - *Tulsa
Ron Peters R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes DISTRICT 89 - *Oklahoma
Rebecca Hamilton D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
DISTRICT 71 - *Tulsa
Daniel S. Sullivan R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes DISTRICT 90 - *Oklahoma
George Bullock D Survey not returned to us Charles Key R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Linda James D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 72 - *Tulsa
Christie Breedlove D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 91 - *Cleveland, *Oklahoma
John Slater D Survey not returned to us Mike Reynolds R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Elverez Allen D Survey not returned to us *Jon Echols R YES yesyes yesyes yesyes yesyes yesyes yes
Seneca Scott D Survey not returned to us
Monroe Nichols IV D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 92 - *Oklahoma
Lawrence Kirkpatrick I Survey not returned to us Richard Daniel D Survey not returned to us
Morrissette
DISTRICT 73 - *Osage, *Tulsa
Jabar Shumate D Survey not returned to us DISTRICT 93 - *Oklahoma
Kevin Matthews D Survey not returned to us Mike Christian R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
David Castillo D Survey not returned to us
DISTRICT 74 - *Rogers, *Tulsa Wil Rivera D Survey not returned to us
David Derby R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes Jack Cherry I Survey not returned to us
Bob Batterbee R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
*Robert Jerome R YES yes yesyes yesyesyes yesyes yesyes yes DISTRICT 94 - *Oklahoma
Kyle E. Coulter R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 75 - *Tulsa Scott Inman D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Dan Kirby R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Dennis K. McIntire R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes DISTRICT 95 - *Oklahoma
Greg Chapman R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no yes yes Charlie Joyner R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Lee Roy Tucker D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 76 - *Tulsa Michael A. Walker D Survey not returned to us
John A. Wright R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
DISTRICT 96 - *Oklahoma
DISTRICT 77 - *Rogers, *Tulsa Mike Idleman R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Eric Proctor D YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes *Lewis H. Moore R YES yes yesyes yesyes yesyesyes yesyes yes
Dianne Hunter D Survey not returned to us
Jon-Paul Ammirata D Survey not returned to us
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DISTRICT 97 - *Oklahoma
Joe Lott
Mike Shelton
R Survey not returned to us
D Survey not returned to us
Pro-Life John McCain vs.
Lorenzo Allen
Thompson, Sr.
D Survey not returned to us
Pro-Abortion Barack Obama
DISTRICT 98 - *Tulsa, *Wagoner
John Trebilcock R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
In Presidential Race
John P. Newhouse R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes
Greg Frederick D Survey not returned to us U.S. Senator John McCain has compiled a strong
DISTRICT 99 - *Oklahoma
pro-life voting record during his long and distinguished
Willard Linzy R Survey not returned to us career in Congress. He has consistently opposed abortion
Anastasia A. Pittman D Survey not returned to us on scores of roll-call votes through his decades of service.
*Jeremiah Elix D - - yes - - - - - yes yes yes yes
Senator Barack Obama, by contrast, has compiled a
DISTRICT 100 - *Oklahoma pro-abortion voting record during his years in public life.
Mike Thompson R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesyes yes He voted against legislation prohibiting taxpayer funds
James Baggett D Survey not returned to us
from being used to pay for abortions. He voted to block a
DISTRICT 101 - *Cleveland, *Oklahoma bill that would have required an abortionist to notify one
Gary Banz R YES yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Jerry L. Nowell R Survey not returned to us
parent before performing an abortion on a minor girl from
Donnie Lewis D Survey not returned to us another state. He voted against a bill that would have
provided protection for babies who survive abortions.
Please send us the mailing address of anyone you would Barack Obama has pledged absolute support for
like to receive our newsletter by mail. Send to: abortion: "I have consistently advocated for reproductive
Oklahomans For Life, 3105 East Skelly Drive, Room 605, choice and will make preserving women's rights under
Tulsa, OK 74105-6374 Roe v. Wade a priority as President."
* Survey received after newsletter went to press
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