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, […]

Unions, Abortion and the Supreme Court

Until this year, public sector unions in Oregon have been taking mandatory dues from government employees, even non-union members. Millions of those dollars are then diverted to fund pro-abortion groups. These groups then support pro-abortion candidates for office who are committed to keeping this cycle going. If you are a public employee, you can finally […]