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GAP display inspires debate
Women's Center, Genocide Awareness Project spread awareness on two sides
Candice Ruud
Issue date: 5/23/08 Section: News
Nielsen, a senior in sociology who is in her first year of working for the Women's Center, said they represented a strong, educated presence needed in the quad that day to show and support the pro-choice believers on campus.
"Their argument is so one-sided and doesn't acknowledge both sides of the issue. In years past I would avoid the quad when the Genocide Awareness Project came to campus because it's scary," Nielsen said, with a sentiment that was echoed by many students.
Alisha DeVogele, a senior in health management and policy who has worked at the Women's Center for two and a half years, disagrees with the ideology of the GAP and noted that people seemed to be largely avoiding the quad on Thursday.
"I've known people who have had abortions, who have had babies and people who have given babies up for adoption. It's a spectrum. We want women to choose what's right for them," DeVogele said. "A woman's life should not be dictated solely by the parameters of her body."
Behind the metal barriers, volunteers for the GAP stood stoically, representing the seriousness of the issue.
"The unborn can't stand up for themselves, so we need to stand up for them," said Angela Schierling, a volunteer and pro-life supporter.
When asked hypothetically if she became pregnant what she would do, Schierling said that she would have the baby, regardless of the situation.
"I don't think the baby did anything to deserve death."
Dana Toma, another volunteer for the GAP, said that the parallels between images of victims of the KKK, victims of the Holocaust and images of aborted fetuses made sense to her, that it all represented genocide.
"Life is an emotional issue," Toma said. "I've known people, and family members, who have had abortions, and these people had huge regrets.
The Women's Center and the GAP, while within 30 feet of one another, respectfully and civilly represented two different views that are at odds with each other all across America.
"I think debate is healthy. In order to be an informed society we have to hear both sides of the argument," Hardwick said.
Candice Ruud, staff writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
"Their argument is so one-sided and doesn't acknowledge both sides of the issue. In years past I would avoid the quad when the Genocide Awareness Project came to campus because it's scary," Nielsen said, with a sentiment that was echoed by many students.
Alisha DeVogele, a senior in health management and policy who has worked at the Women's Center for two and a half years, disagrees with the ideology of the GAP and noted that people seemed to be largely avoiding the quad on Thursday.
"I've known people who have had abortions, who have had babies and people who have given babies up for adoption. It's a spectrum. We want women to choose what's right for them," DeVogele said. "A woman's life should not be dictated solely by the parameters of her body."
Behind the metal barriers, volunteers for the GAP stood stoically, representing the seriousness of the issue.
"The unborn can't stand up for themselves, so we need to stand up for them," said Angela Schierling, a volunteer and pro-life supporter.
When asked hypothetically if she became pregnant what she would do, Schierling said that she would have the baby, regardless of the situation.
"I don't think the baby did anything to deserve death."
Dana Toma, another volunteer for the GAP, said that the parallels between images of victims of the KKK, victims of the Holocaust and images of aborted fetuses made sense to her, that it all represented genocide.
"Life is an emotional issue," Toma said. "I've known people, and family members, who have had abortions, and these people had huge regrets.
The Women's Center and the GAP, while within 30 feet of one another, respectfully and civilly represented two different views that are at odds with each other all across America.
"I think debate is healthy. In order to be an informed society we have to hear both sides of the argument," Hardwick said.
Candice Ruud, staff writer
news@dailybarometer.com, 737-2231
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anonymous
posted 5/23/08 @ 9:30 AM PST
The suggestion that these images are offensive is an effort to sterilize and remove ourselves from the reality of choices that we make. As long as we don't have to actually see the six year old kids living in poverty making our shoes, then we can wear them guilt-free, right? It's a matter of informed consent, in my opinion. (Continued…)
Katie Hulse
posted 5/23/08 @ 1:32 PM PST
Informed consent is one thing, but using images whose origin is unknown does not inform the viewer of anything. In fact, the lack of citations makes me wonder about the validity of these images. (Continued…)
Debbie Strong
posted 5/23/08 @ 5:52 PM PST
People who respond by demanding "citations" are in deep denial of what the photographs are portraying. I guess you may be a holocaust denier, too?
Nunley
posted 5/23/08 @ 9:32 PM PST
I don't like the GAP because it makes it too easy for people to prevaricate. Abortion sparks passion in both sides, and on a college campus the GAP doesn't seem efficacious enough where it pretty much comes down to Pro-Choice and Anti-Choice. (Continued…)
Steve
posted 5/26/08 @ 6:30 AM PST
I would like to thank CBR for the GAP project. America needs to wake up and realize the genocide occurring today inside our borders.
Meredith
posted 5/28/08 @ 9:30 AM PST
Isn't the Women's Center an official agency of the University? How is it that the University is taking sides on this issue and teaming up with the radical pro-abortion Planned Parenthood?
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posted 8/18/08 @ 7:28 PM PST
I think it required serious attention
RW
posted 6/04/09 @ 10:23 PM PST
The Women's Center is funded by OSU, though I would argue that it can certainly take a pro-women stand in this debate.
However, that's irrelevant, because the article apparently got it wrong - the people I talked to were from the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, not the Women's Center. (Continued…)
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