Brown threatens healthcare access for 50,000 Oregonians

Monday, July 30, Gov. Kate Brown announced that she would reject all Title X funding if the Department of Health and Human Services adopts new Title X rules. The Protect Life Rule would prevent abortion providers from qualifying for money under the Title X family planning program. It is estimated that this would cut $50 […]

Pres. Trump Nominates Judge Brett Kavanaugh to SCOTUS

Oregon Right to Life supports President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals to succeed Justice Kennedy. “Judges who rule according to personal preferences or ideologies are a very real threat to the American democratic process,” says Lois Anderson, ORTL executive director. “Supreme Court justices should have a clear record […]

NIFLA v. Becerra Win & Justice Kennedy Retiring

This week brought big news out of the Supreme Court of the United States. First, in NIFLA v. Becerra, SCOTUS ruled 5-4 that two provisions of California law intended to regulate pregnancy resource centers were unconstitutional, violating the First Amendment. “This decision was a victory for freedom of conscience in America,” says Lois Anderson, ORTL […]

Press Release: Oregon Right to Life Wins in State Supreme Court

Salem, OR–The Oregon State Supreme Court has denied disgraced former State Representative Matt Wingard’s appeal in his lawsuit against Oregon Right to Life and other defendants. Wingard first filed his lawsuit in June 2016, following his defeat in the Republican primary for House District 26. Today’s decision follows a February Oregon Court of Appeals decision that found […]

Pres. Trump moves to defund Planned Parenthood

Salem, OR–The Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services will be reinstating rules for the Title X family planning program that will bar abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving taxpayer funding through this specific program. This will cut roughly $50 to $60 million of Planned Parenthood’s $543.7 million in taxpayer funding (per PP’s […]