2008 Woodie Awards
Nurse practitioner raises pro-life awareness
Kate Poole
Issue date: 1/31/08 Section: News
Sacred Heart University nurse practitioner, Cortney Davis, recently began her journey of being a pro-life advocate in Fairfield County as well as on campus.
Davis has worked in the field of women's health for over sixteen years. Her past positions at organizations such as Planned Parenthood put her face to face with the realities of abortion.
In the past Davis had been the nurse to install the laminaria into an abortion patient, which is a device used to begin the abortion itself.
"It never occurred to me that I was actually participating in abortion by doing this," said Davis.
Growing up in the times of women's rights movements, it had always been routine to support a woman's "right to choose," she said.
"I really believed if you were a feminist it included the whole package which included the right of abortion," said Davis.
Some of Davis's first steps towards her support of pro-life include the publication of her pamphlet, "It is a Baby, or just some cells?" as well as her recent attendance to meetings for the "Gospel of Life Society and the "March for Life" in Washington this "past week.
The recent March for Life had been an event with thousands of pro-life people marching for their cause.
"One thing that struck me was the presence of youth," said Davis.
Although there were a lot of young people at the march, Davis was concerned seeing that there is not a great presence of pro-life opportunities around the Sacred Heart community.
"I'd love to just see a group of students who met on a regular basis and made some plans, to see them talk about their option to support their beliefs."
Although there are so many clubs and organizations on campus, there are rarely announcements or emails regarding pro-life or pro-choice events.
"I think that our campus could use more focus on important issues such as pro-life vs. pro-choice," said senior Alex Prim.
Prim shares many of Davis' views; however she believes that a closer focus on abortion could be positive by making different viewpoints more available to students.
Davis has worked in the field of women's health for over sixteen years. Her past positions at organizations such as Planned Parenthood put her face to face with the realities of abortion.
In the past Davis had been the nurse to install the laminaria into an abortion patient, which is a device used to begin the abortion itself.
"It never occurred to me that I was actually participating in abortion by doing this," said Davis.
Growing up in the times of women's rights movements, it had always been routine to support a woman's "right to choose," she said.
"I really believed if you were a feminist it included the whole package which included the right of abortion," said Davis.
Some of Davis's first steps towards her support of pro-life include the publication of her pamphlet, "It is a Baby, or just some cells?" as well as her recent attendance to meetings for the "Gospel of Life Society and the "March for Life" in Washington this "past week.
The recent March for Life had been an event with thousands of pro-life people marching for their cause.
"One thing that struck me was the presence of youth," said Davis.
Although there were a lot of young people at the march, Davis was concerned seeing that there is not a great presence of pro-life opportunities around the Sacred Heart community.
"I'd love to just see a group of students who met on a regular basis and made some plans, to see them talk about their option to support their beliefs."
Although there are so many clubs and organizations on campus, there are rarely announcements or emails regarding pro-life or pro-choice events.
"I think that our campus could use more focus on important issues such as pro-life vs. pro-choice," said senior Alex Prim.
Prim shares many of Davis' views; however she believes that a closer focus on abortion could be positive by making different viewpoints more available to students.
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