{"id":400877,"date":"2021-04-08T17:28:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T21:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400877"},"modified":"2021-04-08T17:28:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T21:28:19","slug":"oklahoma-lawmaker-stands-by-comparison-of-slavery-and-abortion-as-democrats-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-lawmaker-stands-by-comparison-of-slavery-and-abortion-as-democrats-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Lawmaker Stands By Comparison Of Slavery And Abortion As Democrats Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foklahoma-lawmaker-stands-by-comparison-of-slavery-and-abortion-as-democrats-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-990.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democrats are attacking an Oklahoma state representative who compared the effort to abolish slavery to the current fight to end abortion during a debate on a new abortion bill.<\/p>\n<p>Republican State Representative Jim Olsen is the author of the piece of legislation that is moving through the Oklahoma state legislature and would make abortion illegal in almost all situations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/aclu-calls-anti-abortion-bill-moving-through-oklahoma-capitol-dangerous\/36055558\">KOCO 5 News<\/a> in Oklahoma City reported that Senate Bill 612 was passed by a House committee on Wednesday. \u201cThe bill would make the performance of abortions in cases that aren\u2019t life-threatening a felony offense, resulting in a fine of as much as $100,000 or up to 10 years in prison,\u201d the local outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>During a debate on the measure, Representative Olsen compared the effort to outlaw abortion in Oklahoma to the fight in Great Britain to get rid of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>KOCO 5 reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"29\">\n<p><em>\u201cThis is a cause of even greater import because it deals with innocent unborn life,\u201d said Olsen, R-Roland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>State Rep. Ajay Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, responded to Olsen\u2019s comments, asking for him to clarify them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, to clarify what you just said, are you saying saving lives is more important than slavery? And saving those lives?\u201d Pittman asked.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe context that I was addressing that, none of us would like to be killed. None of us would like to be a slave. If I had my choice, I guess I\u2019d be a slave. At least a slave has his life. Once your life is gone, it\u2019s gone,\u201d Olsen responded. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not minimalizing slavery. I\u2019m illustrating the terrible injustice that was finally, finally erased from Great Britain and almost eventually the entire world.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic State Representative Ajay Pittman sent a statement to KOCO 5 News responding to Olsen\u2019s rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn times like these where we see our nation on the cusp of reckoning social and racial injustices, we still endure implicit bias from our colleagues who are insensitive to what is said about the hurtful and ugly past of this country\u2019s treatment of African Americans,\u201d Pittman said. \u201cSlavery is not something we should compare to anything in the year 2021 unless we discuss the spirit of superiority over women and people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue as policymakers to chip away at the rights of women to choose proper health care for themselves, and now we are hearing our colleagues compare these issues of slavery which also limited the rights of Black women by not allowing them to have a choice not to have children by their slave masters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/oklahoma-bills-slavery-charles-mccall-13962595cee3728fcee7d19b607e9093\">Associated Press<\/a>, Olsen said on Thursday that he stands by what he said. \u201cI made a very historically appropriate analogy. I never spoke positively of slavery,\u201d Olsen said. \u201cOne evil at one time was acceptable in our society, and now it\u2019s not. I look forward to the time when we stop killing babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Party is demanding a censure of Olsen and an apology from him, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicradiotulsa.org\/post\/democratic-party-demands-apology-censure-lawmaker-comparing-fights-against-abortion-and-slavery#stream\/0\">Public Radio Tulsa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma Democratic Party Chair Alicia Andrews said, \u201cThe cavalier usage of racist terms with no repercussions is exhausting. I would be grateful if those who are elected to represent Oklahoma remember that they represent all of Oklahoma, even those of us who are Black and brown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill now heads to the Oklahoma House where it will be decided upon before it goes to the governor\u2019s desk for a signature or a veto.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are attacking an Oklahoma state representative who compared the effort to abolish slavery to the current fight to end abortion during a debate on a new abortion bill.Republican State &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311887,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-990.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Oklahoma Lawmaker Stands By Comparison Of Slavery And Abortion As Democrats Attack","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-990.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Oklahoma Lawmaker Stands By Comparison Of Slavery And Abortion As Democrats Attack","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}