Oregon Legislative Committee Moves HB 3391: Expands Abortion, Coerces People & Organizations to Pay for Abortions

Salem, OR–Today the Joint Ways and Means Sub-Committee on Human Services passed out House Bill 3391 to the full Ways and Means Committee after adopting new amendments.  As amended, HB 3391 would: Force nearly all health benefit plans offered in this state to cover abortions with no co-pays. Exempt any currently offered health benefit plans that […]

PRESS RELEASE: Senator Kruse Betrays His Constituents

Senator Kruse Betrays His Constituents, Votes for Senate Bill 494 Salem, Ore–Today Senator Jeff Kruse, who has long been endorsed by Oregon Right to Life PAC as being “pro-life,” put an end to his pro-life ethic. Disregarding more than a thousand emails and phone calls from his own constituents, as well as detailed conversations with Oregon […]

Oregon Senate Committee Votes Out SB 494, Endangers Patients with Mental Illness or Dementia

Salem, Ore–Yesterday the Oregon Senate Rules Committee passed out Senate Bill 494 on a party-line vote. Touted as a “simple update” to Oregon’s current advance directive, this bill is designed to allow for the starving and dehydrating to death of patients with dementia or mental illness. Senate Bill 494 is little more than the state […]

No Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood sold baby parts and should be stripped of funding, so finds a select U. S. House investigative panel. One of the first actions of the 115th Congress was the release of a report by a Select Investigative Panel of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The subject of the report wasn’t, as the committee’s […]

From Our New Latino Outreach Director

“Margot, how could you be part of a party that doesn’t even respect life?” Mary* asked, upset. These words will forever remain in my mind and heart. I was the leader of the minority caucus of the Idaho Young Democrats. I was only trying to do what was right. My parents had immigrated to the […]