2019 ORTLEF Oration Star Now Shines in Minnesota

Forest Grove native Ruth Hailey has long enjoyed public speaking. But it was the student oratory contest held by Oregon Right to Life Education Foundation (ORTLEF) in 2019 that truly gave her the opportunity to refine and clearly communicate her perspective on contentious issues like abortion.  “Starting in high school, I developed a passion for […]

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 […]