Repeating Lies about Embryos Doesn’t Make Them True
Written by Deborah Canepa, Ph.D., ORTLEF president “Everyone knows the human embryo is just a clump of cells.” The comment came from a woman who stopped by our pro-life fair booth at the Washington County Fair this summer. She had just informed one of our volunteers that the information in our booth was incorrect. Rather […]
Marion County Teen Wins Second Place in National Oratory Competition
A Woodburn teenager has taken home the silver in a national pro-life oratory contest. Miriam Plato, age 17, earned the second-place honor in the Jane B. Thompson Oratory Contest the weekend of June 23-24 at the National Right to Life conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Miriam, now a senior at Chesterton Academy of the Willamette Valley […]
Heartbreak & Hope at the Fair
Written by Jalaya Taylor, ORTLEF community outreach specialist I went into the busyness of the Oregon State Fair with my heart full, ready to pour into the thousands of people I was going to meet. I didn’t know all I would encounter, but I was willing to go into it with an open mind, knowing […]
Heartbreak & Hope at the Fair
Written by Jalaya Taylor, ORTLEF community outreach specialist I went into the busyness of the Oregon State Fair with my heart full, ready to pour into the thousands of people I was going to meet. I didn’t know all I would encounter, but I was willing to go into it with an open mind, knowing […]
Oregon March for Life Makes Calendar Move
On May 22, 1969, SB 193 passed making Oregon one of the first states to legalize abortion in the nation. In May of 1973, a “Celebrate Life” parade wound through downtown Portland. Soon after this inaugural event, the organizational responsibilities fell to Oregon Right to Life. And since that time, nearly every year, pro-life Oregonians […]
