Legislature Endangers Patients with Dementia (HB 4135)

During the 2017 legislative session, we successfully defeated Senate Bill 494, which could have deprived dementia and Alzheimer’s patients of basic food and water. With the help of many legislators, our dedicated staff, lobbyist, and many of you who called and emailed your legislators, the bill was stopped in the state House. However, this deadly […]

OHA Admits to Violating Federal Abortion Law, OHSU May be Next

On November 17, Pat Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), issued a letter to the governor’s office detailing significant financial problems with the agency. According to The Oregonian, Allen revealed that OHA erroneously made close to $150 million in overpayments of federal Medicaid funds. However, additionally troubling was the revelation that OHA has […]

Oregon Spent 1.8 Million Federal Dollars on Abortion

On Friday, Oregon Health Authority director Pat Allen sent a letter to Governor Kate Brown outlining financial problems in his agency. Those financial problems were first reported by The Oregonian. What is most disturbing is that Oregon spent $1.8 million of federal money on abortions over an unspecified length of time. “Pro-life advocates have long […]

International Jane Doe Obtains Abortion

October 25 was a historic day as the D.C. Appellate Court issued a decision to stop the Trump administration from saving the life of Jane Doe’s baby. Garza v. Hargan was an eight-week-long battle to preserve Jane Doe’s baby. The 17-year-old, named Jane Doe, was an undocumented immigrant young adult being held in a detention center […]

20 Years with Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law

October 27 marks 20 years since Oregon’s Physician Assisted Suicide law took effect. Oregon was the first U.S. state and first government in the world to legalize physician assisted suicide. First introduced as Measure 16, it is regarded as one of the most controversial ballot measures in Oregon’s history and has resulted in the deaths […]