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Grabner would like to see that change. So would U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, the Democrat who represents McMinnville in Oregon's First Congressional District.

On Monday, Bonamici visited Henderson House, the local nonprofit organization that responds to domestic violence and sexual assault, to hear how staff members and others would change the current system.

Still, Bonamici said Thursday (Oct. 25) at a Westside Economic Alliance forum, "Our side of the aisle is taking steps that if we are in the majority, we will respect minority rights."

During the past eight years, she said, Republican majorities have rammed through key bills — such as the 2017 tax-code overhaul, which cost $1.5 trillion over 10 years — without consideration for the Democratic minority.

Bonamici said she is constantly trying to explain to colleagues in Washington that outlawing abortion won't make it go away. It'll just make it dangerous. Plus, she points out, studies routinely show that abortion rates go down under Democratic presidents, when contraception, preventative healthcare and sex education are widely available.

For Bonamici and other advocates of abortion rights across the country, Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court has brought a new sense of urgency in the fight to protect abortion rights.

It's an intensity Chambers feels every day.

Speaking as a member of Congregation Beth Israel, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici said President Donald Trump emboldens racists when he employs coded phrases like "globalists."

"Words matter," she said. "The hateful rhetoric we are seeing must stop, starting at the top levels of government."

"(There will) never be enough weapons to arm every synagogue, mosque or other place of worship," added U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, whose great uncle was gassed at Auschwitz during the Holocaust.