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Oregon lawmakers flooded with comments on abortion access bill

Access to abortion, reproductive and gender-affirming health care is reinforced in pending legislation
by Peter Wong|Portland Tribune Premium
March 21, 2023
 
Access to abortion, plus other reproductive and gender-affirming health care, is reinforced in pending legislation in an Oregon House committee that received 600 statements and heard from numerous witnesses on Monday, March 20. A press event and rally by sponsoring groups preceded the hearing at the Capitol in Salem. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Few people appeared neutral toward proposed legislation that builds on Oregon’s 2017 law ensuring access to abortion and other reproductive and gen

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Access to abortion, plus other reproductive and gender-affirming health care, is reinforced in pending legislation in an Oregon House committee that received 600 statements and heard from numerous witnesses on Monday, March 20. A press event and rally by sponsoring groups preceded the hearing at the Capitol in Salem.