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New York State Right to Life Committee, Inc.
For Immediate Support with Critical Life Issues, Call us at (518) 434-1293 |
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NYSRTLET ORATORY CONTEST 2008 The New York State Champion wins $1,000 and a free trip (for two) to the Jane B. Thompson National Championship in Arlington , VA.
The New York State Right to Life Educational Trust, in cooperation with
the National Right to Life Committee, Washington DC, is the annual sponsor of
the New York Pro-Life Oratory Competition. The competition begins at the regional level, with the top winner from each affiliated region's contest advancing to the state championship final in Albany. The regional contests are held in various parts of the state, usually in March and April. The state championship will be held in Albany on May 10, 2008.
The New York Pro-Life Oratory Competition is open to all New York high
school juniors and seniors. Sophomores and freshman are invited to
compete in some regional contests. Check
with the affiliated Pro-Life organizations in your area for more details (click
here list of regional contests [1] ). If
there is no affiliated regional contest in your area, call the New York State
Right to Life Committee in Albany for an alternative (click
here contact info [2] ).
Each contestant must write and present an original Pro-Life speech, five
to seven minutes in length (about 650 spoken words), that addresses the issue of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia or
stem cell research.
(click
here for contest rules [3]).
Next year’s state championship will be held on Saturday, May 10,
2008, in Albany. The
first place winner will win $1,000 and roundtrip transportation and lodging for
him or herself and a parent or guardian. The state champion will also
win free round trip transportation and free accommodations (and for their
parent/guardian) to represent New York State in the Jane B. Thompson National
Pro-Life Oratory Championship, sponsored by the National Right to Life
Committee. The
National
Championship will be held in Arlington, VA on July 5, 2008. Contest Rules for Contestants [3] Judging Criteria for Speeches [4] Directions to NYS Right to Life Oratory Contest ____________________________________________________________________________________ History of
the National Pro-Life Oratory Contest In
September 1983, America’s high school freshmen became the first class of high
school students to survive a society with legal human abortion.
Roe v Wade, the supreme court case that authorized the unrestricted
killing of babies in the womb, was a drastic departure from America’s
foundational beliefs and legal traditions that had long reflected a
constitutional right-to-life for all human beings, regardless of condition or
stage of biological development. Responding
to this judicial assault upon the most helpless and vulnerable among us, the
National Pro-Life Oratory Competition was instituted. The
competition was intended to challenge high school students across America to
explore and formulate the moral and philosophical reasons why a fair and just
society must respect all human life. Over
the years, each contestant, building upon the accomplishments of their
predecessors, has helped to inform the Nation’s collective conscience, slowly
moving it in the direction of respecting all human life, born and unborn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "What
the world needs is a voice that is right, not when the world is right, but a
voice that is right when the world is wrong." Bishop Fulton Sheen ____________________________________________________________________________________ **
Additional information on the Pro-Life Oratorical Contest can be obtained by
contacting New York State Right to Life Committee at (518) 434-1293.
We encourage you to come in and borrow videos, pamphlets and books to
help with the preparation of your presentation or call to have materials mailed
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