Oregon Right to Life Hosts Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event

Oregon Right to Life is grateful for each of our volunteers, from door-greeters to fair booth and grassroots outreach volunteers. Every advocacy effort makes a difference and helps Oregon get one step closer to being a pro-life community.   To recognize their work, ORTL hosted its annual volunteer appreciation event on December 7, 2023, at Salem […]

Oregonian Abortion Survivor Shares Story of Hope, Healing

An Oregon City woman is speaking out about her 1964 abortion survival story. Michelle Lyman, a small business owner, was only a teenager when her mother told her the truth about her birth: Lyman was alive only because a Las Vegas abortionist failed to stop her beating heart at 10 weeks gestation. “Without even telling […]

New Year, New Design for Life in Oregon

Life in Oregon has a new look heading into the new year. For 51 years, Life in Oregon has been the premiere pro-life publication in the Beaver State and around the Pacific Northwest. More than 37,000 households receive the print edition five times a year. Filled with important pro-life events, education, opportunities and stories, the […]

Active Learning Leads to Taking Action

Written by Makyra Williamson, Community Outreach Director “Tell me, and I forget; teach me, and I may remember; involve me, and I learn.” It’s not certain where this quote originated, but it perfectly describes the importance of active learning.  Rote memorization has an important role in education, but knowledge isn’t enough — students need to […]

Oregon Right to Life’s Pro-Life Communities project is expanding to Eastern Oregon

The Pro-Life Communities initiative aims to ensure that every woman facing an unsupported pregnancy will have at least one pro-life advocate in her circle who can empower her to choose life for that child. The project initially focused on Marion, Deschutes, Polk and Lane Counties as ORTL Education Foundation staff identified and built connections with […]