ORTLEF Contest Winners Exhibit Equal Rights for Humans Before Birth

Congratulations to the 2022 Oregon Right to Life Education Foundation (ORTLEF) State Contest winners! With the challenging theme of “Equal Rights for Humans Before Birth,” the competition was quite close. We had a tie in one bracket of the essay contest, as well as a close race for first place in the oratory competition. A […]

Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee a Friend to the Pro-Choice

President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson for the soon-to-be-vacant Supreme Court seat. With the potential end of Roe v. Wade on the horizon, it is crucial to consider how she might rule on abortion cases. Despite a lack of abortion-related judicial decisions, we have evidence we can consider. It might give an idea of what Brown-Jackson believes […]

2022 Launch Student Retreat in Salem a Rousing Success

Topics covered: embryology, abortion, physician assisted suicide, pro-life myths, pro-life apologetics and dialogue, post-abortion healing, politics 101 and student activism. Field trips: Hope Pregnancy Center, University of Portland and the State Capitol, including lunch with pro-life legislators (special thanks to Senator Tim Knopp, Representative Anna Scharf and Representative Rick Lewis).  Speakers: Emily Albrecht (Equal Rights […]

Anticipating the Next Chord

Anticipation. It’s something we are all experiencing as we wait for a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center. Did you know that anticipation is also a musical term? It is the introduction of part of a chord that is about to follow in full. I think it is an effective word picture describing the […]

Project Aurora Facilitates Healing for Post-Abortive Women in Oregon

For three decades, Cottage Grove resident Lori Eckstine struggled with the effects of her teenage abortion. It wasn’t until she attended a retreat for post-abortive mothers in 2000 that she began to heal from her long-ago decision.  The retreat led Eckstine to begin Project Aurora the following year. The nonprofit is dedicated to helping post-abortive […]