MEDIA
RELEASE
CONTACT: David
Brownlow
OCTOBER
4, 2006
Ex. Director (503) 307-3851
LIFE
SUPPORT
Opposes
Measure 43
Clackamas,
OR - Ordinarily, a pro-life organization like LIFE SUPPORT would be
endorsing a ballot measure that purports to reduce the number of
children killed by abortion. However,
we find ourselves entering into a world of the surreal after reading
the “Parental Involvement and Support Act.”
This is such a flawed, compromised piece of legislation, that
it does not deserve the support of pro-life Oregonians.
At
best, this measure will fail to deliver on the promises made by
those who are promoting this misnamed Act.
At its worst, Measure 43 will unleash the force of law to
drive a legal wedge between parents and their minor daughter by
guaranteeing her the right to an abortion.
Section
3 (1) of Measure 43 says, “A person may not perform an abortion
on an unemancipated minor or a ward until 48 hours after the parent
receives written notice…” Section 3 (2) defines the meaning
of receipt as, “Receipt of
notice under subsection (1) of this section is deemed to occur not
later than 12 noon on the second mail delivery day after the mailing
of the notice.”
A
cursory read of this act may lead one to conclude that our daughters
will be protected. Unfortunately,
from a legal standpoint, nothing could be further from the truth.
Stated conversely, Measure 43 effectively says:
An
abortionist may kill the unborn child of an unemancipated minor or a
ward 48 hours after written notice is “deemed” to have been
received by the parent.
There
is no requirement in the measure to confirm that the child’s
parent actually receives the notification.
This notification is “deemed” to occur automatically at
noon the second day after mailing, regardless of whether the letter
is ever received.
Section
4 is even more explicitly anti-life: A person may perform an
abortion on an unemancipated minor or a ward without the
notice required by section 3 of this 2005 Act if:
James
E. Leuenberger PC, LIFE SUPPORT Legal Counsel, said, “Measure
43's ‘parental notice’ is meaningless. Real notice would
require actual conversations with both of the mother's parents.”
The
effect of this Act will be to overrule the God-ordained authority
parents have been given over their children.
Measure 43 will use the full power of the state to break this
bond, ensuring that once the (alleged) notification is made, a
parent will lose the right to raise their daughter in the way she
should go, leaving her fate in the hands of others.
Even
the title, "the Parental Involvement and Support Act" is
misleading, since this measure requires neither parental involvement
nor support before an innocent life can be taken.
Measure
43 does not condemn, or even speak out against the killing of unborn
children. It merely
attempts to regulate one of the purest forms of barbarism
imaginable. This
measure will cause many pro-lifers to unwittingly vote to affirm the
legal right to abortion.
Oregonians
deserve better than this. LIFE
SUPPORT is recommending a NO vote on Measure 43.
No
Abortions – No Excuses
LIFE
SUPPORT
P.O.
Box 2965
Clackamas,
OR 97089
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