PPT Treat issues statement after U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on Friday.

 “Today is a solemn day and today is an overwhelming joyous day – solemn as we remember the 63 million lives terminated and joyous because of answered prayers. Those of us in the pro-life movement have long dreamt of this day, and we have been ridiculed for believing the day would ever come.  The work, the prayers, the advocacy that countless dedicated men and women have done since the egregious decision was handed down on January 22, 1973, has come to fruition.  Praise God! 

“Oklahomans overwhelmingly value life.  As a state we are extremely well positioned to be able to protect life from its beginning to its natural end. We have enacted laws that anticipated this day and now Oklahoma can fully protect life.”     

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For more information, contact:  Jeff Peters at 405-521-5532 or email Jeff.Peters@oksenate.gov.