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Video: Oregon Planned Parenthood Giving Out Dangerous Sex Advice to Minors

The undercover video by Live Action is the third installment is it's "SexEd" investigative series for youth.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - A pro-life group says they have exposed an Oregon Planned Parenthood staffer in Clackamas, who told what she thought was a 15-year-old female that is normal for youth to be "spanked, hit, or whipped during sexual intercourse.

In the video, the staffer from the Clackamas office tells the under cover investigator that "it's very common to experiment with different things," including "being tied up" and "whipped" and "the baby thing, where they will put on diapers."

Bill to Prohibit Use of State Funds for Abortions Fails to Make Ballot

This is the second consecutive failed attempt, having gathered only 70,000 signatures in 2012. Bill to Prohibit Use of State Funds for Abortion's Fails to Make Ballot

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - Proponents of a constitutional amendment to change long standing Oregon law by prohibiting the use of state funds for abortion services admitted in an e-mail to supporters yesterday that they could not generate enough support to gather the signatures needed to qualify for the November ballot.

"With a total of about 95,000 signatures in our hands now, we are well short of our goal of 150,000," chief petitioner Jeff Jimerson wrote to his supporters.

Oregon Planned Parenthood Slams High Court`s Ruling on Birth Control

After decades of discriminatory coverage by insurance companies, the birth control benefit requires all insurance policies to cover birth control with no out-of-pocket cost to women.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ) - Planned Parenthood organizations in Oregon condemned Monday's ruling by the Supreme Court that some for-profit private corporations, such as the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby, can deny coverage of birth control to their employees, for no reason other than the personal religious beliefs of the corporation's owners.

Stacy M. Cross, President & CEO of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette, said: "Today, the Supreme Court ruled against Oregon women and families, giving bosses the right to discriminate against women.