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Oregon RTL Rallies on
Steps of State Capital
Part Three of Four
By Colm Willis
Oregon Right to Life held its annual Pro-life rally on the steps of the Oregon State Capital this past Sunday, January 16th. Despite the pouring rain between 800 and 900 people came to stand in solidarity with the victims of abortion in Oregon. Members of Oregon State University Right to Life set up a fifty-foot memorial wall to the unborn victims of abortion in Oregon. The creators of the wall printed a name for every child on the wall underneath the month that the child had died.
Equally as moving was a speech given by the Oregon Right to Life oratory award winner Alexa Sleadd. Alexa, a 17-year-old senior from Grants Pass, Oregon, exhorted the assembled crowd to live the pro-life movement every day with love. The Bethany Baptist Praise band ended the afternoon with a song while rally participants circled the capital praying silently for the unborn and for the legislators who worked inside. We at Oregon Right to Life are blessed to have such a dedicated Pro-life community here in Oregon. |
