Oregon Opioid Plan Angers Chronic Pain Patients

In mid-July, a group of patients with chronic pain, advocates and family members picketed to protest a proposal by the Oregon Health Authority to severely limit patients’ access to opioids through the Oregon Health Plan. The issue has received considerable media attention in Portland. One of the group’s organizers says lack of transparency by state […]

Action Alert – Stop Unethical Research on Aborted Babies!

To end unethical medical research using aborted baby body parts, please take action now! Tell your Oregon legislators and the federal government to ban the use of aborted fetal body parts for medical research. Oregon Right to Life is developing legislation for the 2019 session. If you would like to receive updates on the progress […]

Life Notes – Sept-Nov

Daleiden charges dropped Seven of the eleven charges against David Daleiden and his organization, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), were dropped by the National Abortion Federation (NAF) in July. In 2015, NAF sued Daleiden and CMP for releasing undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of baby body parts, illegal under federal law. The videos […]

Supreme Court Sides With California Pregnancy Resource Centers

This June, in a massive victory for pro-lifers and pregnancy resource centers (PRCs), the Supreme Court struck down a California law forcing PRCs to promote abortions. In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, the nation’s highest court ruled 5-4 against state-sponsored advertising for abortion. The 2015 law, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, […]

Three Culture of Death Tipping Points

Pope John Paul II once famously described Western society as a “culture of death.” But what does that term mean? It refers to a civilization that endorses lethal omissions and even outright killing by doctors to alleviate suffering or resolve life crises. “Culture of death” is most often applied in the context of euthanasia, assisted […]