Be a Peaceful Pro-Life Witness
There are many opportunities to be a pro-life witness in Oregon.
Peacefully praying or sharing the pro-life message outside an abortion facility or in your community is one of the most powerful things a person can do to protect the unborn and show support and care for mothers and families.
Organizations like 40 Days for Life and Life Chain make it easy to promote the joyful pro-life message in your area by praying and proclaiming the inherent value of every human life.
This advocacy is proven to change hearts and minds and save innocent unborn lives.
*Know of a 40 Days for Life or Life Chain event that isn’t on this list? Let us know by emailing makyra@ortl.org and we’ll add it!
40 Days for Life Prayer Vigils
Sept. 25 – Nov. 3, 2024
Location: 511 SW 10th Ave, Portland
Register: Click to sign up for your time slot.
Questions? Email campaign leader Therese or call (503) 997-1884
Location: 3825 Wolverine St. NE, Salem Oregon
Register: Click to sign up for your time slot.
Questions? Email campaign Leader Bob Snyder or call (503) 480-9374
Location: 3579 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, Oregon
Register: Click to sign up for your time slot.
Contact: Email Eugene Campaign Leader or call (458) 205-3820
Life Chain Events:
Sunday, October 6th, 2024
Salem:
Location 1: Lancaster Drive
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
(Pick up signs at Peoples Church, 4500 Lancaster Dr NE, starting at 1:30).
Location 2: Broadway and MLK Parkway
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
(Pick up signs at Salem Evangelical Church, 455 Locust St NE, starting at 1:30).
Stayton:
Location: First Street
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
(Pick up signs at Calvary Lutheran Church, 198 Fern Ridge Rd SE, starting at 1:30).
Independence:
Location: Monmouth St.
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
(Pick up signs at Calvary Chapel Monmouth-Independence at 1475 Monmouth St, starting at 1:30).
Medford:
Location: At the corner of Biddle and McAndrews
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 pm
(Arrive by 1:45 to pick up signs)
Questions?
For Salem, Stayton, and Independence events: email Life Chain coordinator Marie Chinn or call (503) 999-9852
For Medford, contact Jackson County Right to Life Director Dale Sauer at (541) 535-1810
Abortion appointment cancellations increase dramatically when there are people peacefully praying outside an abortion facility.
That means taking part in a prayer vigil can save lives.
“I had always considered myself pro-life, but it was once I got involved with 40 Days for Life that really caused me to make it my own,” Heather Gardner, director of campaign advancement/365 for 40 Days for Life told the organization in a video produced shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Gardner said becoming involved with 40 Days for Life caused her “to challenge myself to learn more about what abortion was, what the community resources were in our area, and how to truly help women choose life and help families in our community.”
“Our mission is to speak the truth about abortion through professionally printed signs,” Salem Life Chain coordinator Marie Chinn tells Oregon Right to Life.
“The hour is dedicated to prayer- for those contemplating abortion, for those who have been impacted by abortions, for our nation, and government and state leaders, and whatever we are impacted to pray for,” Chinn says.
Life Chain signs display a variety of messages, including “Pregnant? Need Help? 1-800-712-HELP”, “Adoption: the Loving Option,” “Abortion Hurts Women,” and messages with a faith-based focus like “Jesus Forgives and Heals” and “Lord, Forgive us and our Nation.”
“I have seen personally the devastation abortion can have on a person’s life,” Chinn tells Oregon Right to Life.
But she tells us she’s also received motivation and encouragement to keep promoting hope and life-affirming choices.
“I know of one woman who came up to one participant about 5 years ago with her young daughter in her hand,” Chinn says. “She wanted to thank the person for being there. She had seen the signs the year earlier and chose life for her child, despite her family pushing her to have an abortion, as well as the father of her child.
Not Able to Join a 40 Days for Life or Life Chain event?
Email Oregon Right to Life Community Outreach Director Makyra Williamson at makyra@ortl.org to learn about other opportunities to be a public witness for life in your community.
