That wasn't the response he expected. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

Last week, an Oklahoma State Representative who describes himself as a pragmatic progressive

announced on Twitter, quote, this week I filed HB3129, which codifies that a father's financial

responsibility to his baby and their mom begins at conception. If Oklahoma is going to restrict

a woman's right to choose, we'd better be sure that the man involved can't just walk away from his responsibility.

And what he intended as a gotcha instead went viral with pro-lifers.

They loved the proposal.

They filled his feed with memes saying your terms are acceptable.

The only resistance to the law came from pro-abortion allies.

Quickly and furiously, the lawmaker backpedaled with a follow-up tweet. I understand how the language in my message and bill hurt the cause instead of helping it,

and I apologize for not being more thoughtful.

It's amazing that so many still claim, and so many still believe that whole pro-lifers only care about babies until birth nonsense.

But they do, and that means we must continue to refute that silly narrative and both word and deed.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.