---
title: "Oklahomans for Life (Lauinger) advocacy for SB 368 / SB 834 rape-and-incest exceptions"
description: "Single-organization statement from Oklahomans for Life, 2023, to Oklahoma Legislature. Composite 10/12 — explicit incrementalist endorsement. “urging SUPPORT for SB 368”"
type: "letter"
letter_id: "PL-2023-002"
date: "2023"
letter_type: "Single-organization statement"
lead_org: "Oklahomans for Life"
recipient: "Oklahoma Legislature"
topic: "Rape/incest exceptions"
shortfall_type: "incrementalist_endorsement_explicit"
composite: 10
verification: "secondary"
signature_rows: 1
primary_url: "https://www.readfrontier.org/"
source_url: "https://www.abhortion.org/letters/pl-2023-002.html"
---

# Oklahomans for Life (Lauinger) advocacy for SB 368 / SB 834 rape-and-incest exceptions

**Single-organization statement** · 2023 · Explicit incrementalist endorsement · composite 10 / 12 · Secondary coverage only

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Letter ID | PL-2023-002 (formerly L09) |
| Date | 2023 |
| Lead organization | [Oklahomans for Life](../letters/orgs/o243.md) |
| Recipient | Oklahoma Legislature |
| Topic | Rape/incest exceptions |
| Type | Single-organization statement |
| Verification | Secondary coverage only |
| Signature rows | 1 |
| Completeness | Single organization |

## Key language

> “urging SUPPORT for SB 368” — Oklahomans for Life, 2023

## Scorecard

Composite **10 of 12** — explicit incrementalist endorsement. Each dimension is scored 0 (none), 1 (implied) or 2 (explicit); the rationale is the editor's one-line reason for every non-zero score. D2 and D4 are the fault line the abolitionist critique cares most about.

| Dimension | Score | Meaning at this score | Rationale |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| D1 Exceptions | 2 | Explicitly supports rape, incest or health exceptions | Lobbied to add rape/incest exceptions. |
| D2 Immunity for the mother (fault line) | 1 | Implied | Implied. |
| D3 Incrementalism | 2 | Explicitly endorses a regulatory or gestational bill instead of abolition | Narrowing ban to pre-empt ballot measure. |
| D4 Opposition to abolition or equal-protection bills (fault line) | 1 | Implied, or support withheld | Implied. |
| D5 Framing | 2 | Explicit leave-it-to-the-states, court-viability or electoral-pragmatism framing | Ballot-measure pragmatism. |
| D6 Secular framing | 2 | Wholly secular, legal, fiscal, medical or political argument | Polling/political framing. |

## Spokesperson

1 signature row · **Single organization.** A single-organization record; the spokesperson row is illustrative, not a signature block.

| # | Name as printed | Title as printed | Organization as printed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Tony Lauinger](../letters/people/i0513.md) | Chairman | [Oklahomans for Life](../letters/orgs/o243.md) |

## Organizations on this letter

1 distinct organization and 1 named individual, after normalizing renamed and affiliated entities.

- [Oklahomans For Life, Inc.](../letters/orgs/o243.md) — Right-to-life group, OK

## Sources

- [readfrontier.org](https://www.readfrontier.org/) — Secondary coverage only (https://www.readfrontier.org/)

## Editorial note

The rubric records distance from the standard published by Abolitionists Rising, not a moral verdict; every organization scored here regards itself as pro-life. This record is verified from secondary coverage only: the primary text has not yet been located, and its scores rest on language quoted in press coverage. Scores are judgment calls applied consistently by the published rubric.