Mercer County Right to Life

03/21/2026

03/19/2026

Read our March newsletter! Read about the justice ride, oratory contest winners, pro life Tshirt day, and more!
Click the link below to read!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Y26INs5sANg-IRAh747xGCPoCYPVzfv/view?usp=drivesdk

03/11/2026

We’re excited to share the winning essays from the Oratory Contest! Take a moment to give them a read-each student did an outstanding job.👏🏻

03/09/2026

🇺🇸🇺🇸On March 8, 2026 the 2026 Mercer County Oratory Contest was held at 1 PM at the Mercer Health Luken Room. The event featured the top six finalists who presented their pro-life speeches on topics of abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia. It is always an honor to listen to the strong convictions of these high schoolers and their fight to defend life at all stages!
The judges included Judge Matt Fox, Heidi Kramer, and Hal Hoover. Past Chairman, Julie Link timed the event. The event was well attended by family and friends.

🏆Alexis Buschur was declared the first-place winner and received a prize of $1000. Isaac Roessner secured second place and received a prize of $750. Jackson Bange was the third-place contestant with a prize of $500. The finalists(in no particular order) included Karissa Hilty, Grace Merril, and Cora Kremer who received prizes of $250. 🏆A big thanks to everyone involved! 👏Chairman Allison Schwieterman

03/03/2026

📢Welcome to the 2026 Mercer County Oratory Contest!! 🎤

We are thrilled to announce our Top 6 Finalists who have excelled in their speeches, passionately defending life!!

🇺🇸Grace Merril
🇺🇸Isaac Roessner
🇺🇸Alexis Buschur
🇺🇸Jackson Bange
🇺🇸Cora Kremer
🇺🇸Karisa Hilty

👏Congratulations to them👏

All contestants did a fabulous job making the selection process very difficult. Thank you to everyone who participated!

📆Next up: Our finalists will deliver their speeches live on Sunday March 8 at 1pm at the Mercer Health Hospital Lukein Room🏆 prizes range from $250 to $1,000 and we can’t wait to see these talented speakers in action.

Everyone is welcome to attend! Come support these amazing young voices as they take the stage!

We hope to see you there and good luck to the contestants!

02/28/2026

A fetus is not a clump of cells; he or she is a living soul.

02/19/2026

Read our February newsletter! Read about the Friend of Life Award recipients, the winners for the essay contest, the Sweethear Dance raffle winners, the oratory contest, and more!
Click the link below to read!!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHaHPoVxBDYlzF0xf0rShdZ6C3EwZ7LV/view?usp=drivesdk

02/01/2026

2026 ESSAY CONTEST: Mercer County is excited to announce the winners of the 2026 Mercer County RTL Essay Contest. Students in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade who live in, or worship in, Mercer County were eligible to participate. Contestants were asked to write on one of the following topics: ‘Why I Am Pro-Life’, ‘How I Defend My Pro-Life Position’, or ‘How I Can Assist the Pro-Life Movement’. The cash prizes for each group are as follows: 2nd place: 200 dollars and 1st place: 300 dollars. All other participants will receive a 20 dollar McDonald’s gift card. We give a big thank you to our judges for volunteering their time: Matt Gilmore, Kate Thobe, and John Fullenkamp.

For the 9th and 10th grade age group we had a tie for second place: Chloe Frysinger and Abby Sanford. The winning essay for the 9th and 10th age group came from Tori Beyke. The 11th and 12th grade age group has Jackson Bange for the second placing essay and the first place essay came from Alexis Buschur… CONGRATULATIONS!

Thank you to all contestants for making time to reflect on and strength their pro-life convictions. It takes many hands, hearts, and minds to create a culture that supports life!

01/21/2026

REMINDER: Our next MCRTL meeting is tomorrow, Thursday, January be 22 @7:00pm. It will be held at Preferred Insurance Center, 809 W. Main St., Suite 2 (basement), across from the Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater. Please park in the back of the building.

Everyone is welcome to join us! We hope to see you there!

01/20/2026

The Mercer County Right to Life Sweetheart Dance is coming up!

It will be held at Romers Catering in St. Henry on Saturday, February 14th, 2026. Doors open at 5:00PM with the meal at 6:00PM ($15 meal optional with RSVP online at https://facebook.com/events/s/sweet-heart-dance-right-to-lif/1909979476394857/ or call 419.678.8482).

A $5 raffle ticket donation is your cost for the dance. You must have a dance ticket in order to purchase a meal ticket.
Music is provided by Walt Schmitmeyer Band from 7:00–10:00 pm. Many raffle & door prizes will be given away!

The Friend of Life Award will be given as well. This is always a very exciting spotlight in the evening!

We hope to see you there!❤️