tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142158632011-06-07T23:32:31.871-07:00Welcome to <i>Emerging Voices</i>, the blog of young pro-life Oregonians. Our goal is to keep you up-to-date on important pro-life issues in Oregon and beyond, as well as give you a place to voice your opinion. If you have any questions, please e-mail us!Oregon Right to Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08312259443012748467noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-47154410576116727942007-11-07T15:55:00.000-08:002007-11-07T15:56:18.263-08:00

Imagine my surprise when I found out that the Supreme Court recently upheld the "Federal Abortion Ban"! Having never heard of this piece of legislation (and as a rabid anti-choicer I think I do a good job at following abortion-related news) I did a quick search for it on Wikipedia. Nothing. So I did a news search for it. No recent stories, and only two with that actual term, one of which is

Nathan Will Sheetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18044048646356166383noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-10984229199096185542007-11-05T17:22:00.000-08:002007-11-05T17:28:09.308-08:00

Someone close to you is very sick and the only way for them to get well was from research conducted by way of stem cell research, what would you do? There are two aspects of this question that I would like to address. First, the question is asking if the ends justify the means. Second, the question assumes that the current hopes for Embryonic Stem Cell Reasearch (ESCR) are a reality.To answer

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-19706370921067803732007-10-29T16:38:00.000-07:002007-10-29T16:48:24.609-07:00

Would you support alternate forms if available? What kind of alternatives would you like to see, if any? I'm very excited about adult stem cell research! The research is taking place, and, at the same time, treatments and cures are being approved and used. Some of the stories are truly incredible. Here are just a few of the success stories:Spinal Cord InjuryAs a result of a car accident in

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-49404057609498377792007-10-23T14:06:00.000-07:002007-10-23T14:07:47.694-07:00

What type of legislation would you like to see in place concerning stem cell research? Would you like to see it outlawed all together or closely sanctioned? First, it should be noted that ESCR is currently legal in the U.S. Many people are confused on this point. Previous Federal legislation only impacted scientist’s access to taxpayer dollars and frozen embryos. As previously stated, we

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-60917815119534219362007-10-18T15:49:00.000-07:002007-10-18T16:00:06.308-07:00

When I first became active in the pro-life movement I figured I'd have to learn more about fetal development and abortion; easy enough. Silly, silly me. Someone should have warned me that I would have to learn about things like Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer!Today, a grad student emailed me several questions about stem cell research. While answering these questions, I realized that a lot of

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-35106196391230012492007-09-18T10:44:00.000-07:002007-09-18T11:13:54.598-07:00

I first heard about this story last month. I was outraged and horrified. Today, as I revisit the case, my reaction is just as strong.In June of this year, an Italian doctor performed an abortion to kill one twin because the baby had been diagnosed with Down's Syndrome. It's estimated that 3,500 babies are killed every day in America by abortion. Society doesn't raise much of a stink over it. But

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-52081422872673620952007-09-12T17:21:00.000-07:002007-09-12T17:40:58.606-07:00

I'm often haunted by the testimonies of women who have had abortions. It doesn't matter if the woman regrets her abortion or not; I'm still haunted. I fail to understand how - after hearing any woman's abortion testimony - anyone could say abortion is A) a "good" thing for woman or B) abortion has a minimal impact on women emotionally or psychologically . Today, I came across this collection of

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-61469491581653859592007-09-11T11:04:00.000-07:002007-09-11T11:43:53.277-07:00

Within pro-life communities, Planned Parenthood is often considered public enemy #1. Not only is Planned Parenthood the face of abortion industy but they perform a fair chunk of all abortions in America. In addition, 34% of their revenue is received from government grants. In 2005, that would have been around $307,000,000.00. It's not pocket change.In Oregon, pro-lifers are currently trying to

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-40333085332785585632007-09-10T17:17:00.000-07:002007-09-10T17:48:44.577-07:00

Last week, a Kansas Legislative Committee held two days of hearings on the late term abortion practices of local abortionist George Tiller. Kansas law bars anyone from aborting a baby after 21 weeks, unless the mom's life is at risk or if letting the baby grow causes "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman."According to Tiller's own website, he

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I've been against embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) since I first heard about it. Why? Because I believe the biology textbooks when they say life starts at conception and ESCR requires the killing of such a life. However, had I said a couple of years ago that - if left unchecked - ESCR would lead to experimental cloning of animal-human hybrids, I would have been called crazy. But guess what.

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-14755708492863651392007-09-04T15:58:00.000-07:002007-09-04T16:24:33.604-07:00

"Safe, legal & rare." That's how people who protect abortion want us to think of abortion. "No one likes abortion, " they say, "but we believe it should be safe, legal and rare." Well, last month, in Nebraska, a Planned Parenthood managed to meet two of those three standards. The botched abortion they performed on a 40-year-old Nebraska woman was legal.After nearly dying at the hands of the

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-14272536503187241032007-08-28T11:41:00.000-07:002007-08-28T11:52:13.981-07:00

Check out this amazing story - a baby born at just 25 weeks. That's 15 weeks early! One might think the birth and survival of the little 1 lb, 1 oz baby boy would be amazing enough but the story gets even crazier! The little guy was born at 30,000 feet in the air on a plane! He was delivered by airline staff and kept alive with a straw. You've got to read the story.This little boy is a reminder

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-27298437877540227072007-08-20T14:30:00.000-07:002007-08-20T15:24:53.023-07:00

I've had a lot of pro-abortion people say a lot of things to me. Sometimes, their comments are articulate and we can have a great conversation. Other times, their comments are...well...laughable. Here is one, classic, pro-abortion "argument" that I find rather absurd. It goes something like this: "A zygote isn't a human! It's just a clump of cells. Like your hair or skin. Do you commit

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-61112517995660829922007-08-14T15:41:00.000-07:002007-08-14T15:48:06.350-07:00

With a clean, pink and white web-site and the catch line, “We help you protect your future.” StemLifeLine is trying to capitalize on the recent wave of embryonic stem cell popularity. The California-based biotech company has partnered with fertility clinics in Colorado, Idaho and Nevado and offers to take a couple’s “leftover” in vitro fertilization embryos and turn the embryos into “personalized

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-17341914561394188242007-08-13T15:15:00.001-07:002007-08-13T15:18:21.396-07:00

On the Portland State University campus I am considered more radical than the socialists who have no qualms in declaring their hatred of free speech—they actually say that groups like the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) should not be allowed to have displays on public property. No, not because they have grotesque pictures of abortion, but because of the pro-life message that they convey.

Nathan Will Sheetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18044048646356166383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-15937989054089745362007-08-09T14:46:00.000-07:002007-08-09T15:44:59.169-07:00

I'm consistently amazed when "women's rights" groups fail to speak out against issues like China's one-child policy and sex selection abortions with the same force that they oppose pro-life policies like parental notification. Limiting a women's number of children seems to contradict that "my body, my choice" mantra we always here. In addition, radical feminists seem to ignore the fact that

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1926790652292246382007-08-08T16:13:00.000-07:002007-08-08T17:18:13.051-07:00

Looks like the students at the U of Florida are tripping all over themselves to get Jack Kevorkian - a.k.a Dr. Death - to come to their campus. Kevorkian's lawyer reportedly says that student groups contacted Dr. Death almost immediately after his released from prison. They apparently want him so badly that they are offering a $50,000, taxpayer subsidised, honorarium. Kevorkian is tentatively

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-37970664430821882442007-08-07T11:10:00.000-07:002007-08-09T14:45:53.488-07:00

"Many people say, 'I'm not pro-abortion, but I'm pro-choice.' But how would you respond to someone who said, 'I'm not pro-rape, I'm just pro-choice about rape'? You'd realize his position implies that rape doesn't really hurt anyone, and that it's sometimes justifiable. You'd say, 'To be pro-choice about rape is to be pro-rape.' ..."A radio talk show host told me she was offended that some people

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-33564955937807656842007-08-06T10:29:00.000-07:002007-08-06T11:15:13.392-07:00

A Newsweek columnist is reporting that the National Institute for Reproductive Health - a pro-abortion group - wants pro-lifers to ask themselves a question. "What happens to the mother if abortion is illegal? What's her penalty for having an abortion?"This question doesn't really phase me. It's not original. It's been asked before. I'd also like to point out that this question is a blatant

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-8258864849053932892007-08-02T10:02:00.000-07:002007-08-02T10:31:11.080-07:00

An average of 31 Oregon babies will be aborted today. There will be another 31 tomorrow, and another 31 the day after that. The numbers seem sterile but the lives are real.Not only will 31 Oregon babies die today, but the moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, cousins and friends of those 31 babies will also be impacted. I don't think we will ever understand the magnitude of

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-23466627680196205422007-08-01T10:54:00.000-07:002007-08-01T11:36:16.060-07:00

A Michigan news story is exposing the impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling that banned Partial Birth Abortions. It looks like abortionists are now shooting a drug into the womb that will stop the baby's heart pre-abortion. With the baby good and dead, the abortionist is free to dismember the baby without any worry of removing parts of a living baby. Thus, the abortionist doesn't violate the

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-58304557643518877742007-07-31T13:40:00.000-07:002007-07-31T14:14:29.287-07:00

Interested in expanding you library of pro-life web sites? Check out StandUpGirl.com.StandUpGirl.com features the story of Becky, a real girl who got pregnant and didn't know what to do or to whom to turn. Today, Becky is helping girls who are in similar situations by hosting a large online community and giving girls the kind of support she craved. Check out StandUpGirl.com for yourself; it

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1145977850440818662006-04-25T08:09:00.000-07:002006-04-25T08:13:13.876-07:00

There is, of course, much controversy even in the pro-life movement about the issue of contraception and whether we should promote it to prevent abortion. While the pro-life movement argues internally about it (though no pro-life organization really supports contraception and they all seem to ignore that that issue altogether while half its members contracept) the pro-choice movement is able to

Nathan Will Sheetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18044048646356166383noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1145044339287780832006-04-14T12:26:00.000-07:002006-04-14T12:52:19.303-07:00

A challenge to every reader:Go to: http://www.protectourteendaughters.com/Read the info, contact the campaign. Get a ballot petition sheet. Get the fifteen signatures. Send it back.It easy. Painless in fact. And the stories on the website, force us to realize it is worth it. How long will it take for you to carry thing around and find fifteen registered voters over 18 who haven't already signed

Jon Winslownoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1144522306335159632006-04-08T11:38:00.000-07:002006-04-08T11:51:46.350-07:00

“The Democrats are trying to ‘reframe’ their message to make people think they believe abortion is wrong. I think this is going to be a hard sell if they plan to continue ferociously defending abortion-on-demand right up until the moment the baby’s head is through the birth canal.“But both the New York Times and the Washington Post have recently run op-eds by liberals calling for Democrats to

Jon Winslownoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1142636580086797542006-03-17T14:32:00.000-08:002006-03-17T15:03:00.096-08:00

Last year while riding on a bus on rout to my car which was in the employee parking lot I got to talking with my bus driver. Dan was his name, and he and I stumbled upon the issue of abortion, (seems to happen a lot to me...) he was astounded when he found out that I didn't support abortion, especially in the instances of rape, and incest. This led to a weeks worth of interesting conversations.

Jon Winslownoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1142051857045725982006-03-10T19:57:00.000-08:002006-03-10T20:37:37.056-08:00

When Abortion was legalized in 1973, by the infamous Roe vs. Wade decision, something happened. Across America, many Catholic, non-Catholic, Christian, non-Christian many Americans recognized that we had just made a serious mistake. At that moment, a critical thing happened. Some of those people decided that abortion was bad, but that it wasn't their lot to deal with it. The others recognized

Jon Winslownoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1140645686415375432006-02-22T13:55:00.000-08:002006-02-22T14:07:59.270-08:00

I spent almost three weeks in New Orleans after Hurricane Rita. I saw the damage and the despair; it was beyond overwhelming. Regardless of the situation, what seems to have happened at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center is despicable.NPR is reporting that they’ve seen proof that patients on the 7th floor of the hospital were euthanized because they couldn’t be evacuated and the staff wanted to

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1140568498747466142006-02-21T16:12:00.000-08:002006-02-21T16:37:39.253-08:00

Janet Folger’s recent visit to the University of Portland as prompted three pieces in the schools paper. First, there was a "news" article here's the link. Then there was an Opinion piece against Janet and last but far from least, a response from Sara Thompson, President of UP’s Voices for Life group.In her Opinion piece, Sara said,“Choice” is a misnomer of the abortion debate, in which the

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Janet Folger recently came to Portland State University to speak. (I'll write more about that later.) There was something that really got me thinking about abortion in a different way.When and if abortion is made illegal, I think that history will look upon it as something that was evil and people will say "How could people have been so ignorant?" Really, it is worse than the Holocaust, speaking

Nathan Will Sheetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18044048646356166383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1138993175340719042006-02-03T10:52:00.000-08:002006-02-03T10:59:35.356-08:00

Pro-lifers often say that Roe v. Wade established abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy. However, polls and pro-choicers often say that Roe only made abortion legal for the first three months of pregnancy. Who’s right?!Here’s the scoop. Roe v. Wade included another ruling called Doe v. Bolton. Between these two options, the Supreme Court said that any abortion restriction had to include a

OregonGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04816449376496603765noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1138075727193275582006-01-23T20:07:00.000-08:002006-01-23T20:08:47.210-08:00

There are two groups of people that are most important to the pro-life movement. The first group is, quite obviously, post-abortive women. These women have powerful stories of the reality of abortion and, while showing that abortion kills a baby, they show how abortion also hurts women. The other group of people do not always have stories to share, nor money to give, nor influence to work with

Nathan Will Sheetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18044048646356166383noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1121111848657677792005-07-11T12:54:00.000-07:002005-07-11T12:57:28.663-07:00

The other day Gayle gave me a letter to respond to. Reading over it, I found it was an essay someone had written giving reasons why assisted suicide needed to stay legal and how it was "a step in the right direction." Here is my response to this person--I hope others find it helpful.Dear -------:My name is Nathan Sheets, and I am an intern at Oregon Right to Life. I received your essay recently,

Nathan Will Sheetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18044048646356166383noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14215863.post-1120768268358245972005-07-07T13:22:00.000-07:002005-07-07T13:32:19.066-07:00

The other day Barbara Boxer, senator to California, made the following comment: "[The overturning of Roe vs. Wade] means a minimum of 5,000 women a year will die." Lest we forget basic law, we need to realize that just because Roe vs. Wade is overturned does not automatically make abortion illegal. In fact, in Oregon nothing would change in regards to our abortion laws. But

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