The following is an opinion from the Oregon anti-abortion group Life Support.
(CLACKAMAS) - 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 the parent is “deemed” to have been received.
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.
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.
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