UPCOMING EVENTS

Oregon Right to Life Education Foundation (ORTLEF) student contests For grades K – 12Drawing, essay, oratory and short film categories Go to ortl.org/contests  Oregon March for Life Thursday, February 8, 2024Oregon State Capitol900 Court Street NE in Salem ortl.org/march  Together We Advocate conference Saturday, March 2, 20248 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.Rolling Hills Community Church, Tualatin  […]

Federal lawsuit challenging the insurance mandate of the 2017 Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA)

Written by Trevor Lane, ORTL communications manager On September 5, 2023, Oregon Right to Life (ORTL), with James Bopp, Jr., of the Bopp Law Firm, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the insurance mandate of the 2017 Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA). The lawsuit argues that RHEA runs afoul of the First Amendment of the U.S. […]

Idaho Girl Trafficked Into Oregon for Underage Abortion, Police Allege

An abortion facility in Bend has become a player in an ongoing Idaho police investigation.  Authorities in Pocatello, a city of about 60,000 in southeast Idaho, have charged Kadyn Leo Swainston, 18, and his mother, Rachael Swainston, 42, with multiple felonies each. Police say that the pair took the teen’s underage girlfriend to Planned Parenthood […]

ORTL Hires Launch Graduate for Development Specialty

ORTL Hires Launch Graduate for Development Specialty When Portlander Helen Doran attended Launch, Oregon Right to Life’s springtime retreat for young adult pro-lifers in 2016, she already considered herself firmly in the pro-life camp. But she never pictured herself taking a job at ORTL as a development specialist six years later. “I grew up in […]

ORTL PAC’s Grassroots Efforts Produce Results in Elections

“THE EFFORTS FROM OREGON RIGHT TO LIFE PAC HAVE PROVEN TO INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT BY 10% IN RECENT ELECTION” Written by Trevor Lane Maybe the most important part of winning elections is getting people to vote.  You’d think that accomplishment would be simple in Oregon. Every registered voter is automatically mailed a ballot, and drop-boxes […]