Oregon Capital Chronicle

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Abortion pills. | PHOTO BY VALASIURUA/WIKI COMMONS

What plaintiffs targeting abortion pill want might not even be possible

Regardless of the outcome of the high-profile case, observers expect its impact to be significant

Mar 22

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Oregon State Hospital in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Kotek targets behavioral health system crisis – and plans ahead

As Kotek seeks more funding, the state also is working on a five-year plan

Mar 21

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Heat pumps provide both heating and cooling. | HARMVDB/PIXABAY

Heat pump programs to protect vulnerable Oregonians from extreme heat not yet rolled out

The Oregon Department of Energy says it’s been hampered by difficulty hiring staff

Mar 21

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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, and two Oregon Health & Science University physicians, Dr. Maria Rodriguez and Dr. Alison Edelman (far right), give a news conference on the abortion pill in southeast Portland on March 12, 2023. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Wyden, Rosenblum vow to fight expected ruling this week against abortion pill

Oregon’s senior U.S. senator, a Democrat, and the state’s attorney general say they will do everything possible to keep the abortion pill on the market

Mar 14

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Nearly 22 million women, girls and gender-nonconforming persons of reproductive age are now living in states where abortion has been banned or is in other ways inaccessible, a contingent of U.S. and global human rights groups noted in a letter to the U.N. | JENNIFER SHUTT/STATES NEWSROOM

This International Women’s Day, U.S. anti-abortion laws violate human rights, groups say

U.S. and global human rights groups and others have asked the U.N. to intervene on behalf of the millions of women in the U.S.

Mar 9

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Oregon Health & Science University primarily trains its OB/GYN residents at OHSU Hospital and the Center for Women’s Health in southwest Portland. | COURTESY OHSU

PETA launches campaign against OHSU for using live pigs in surgical training

The drive, which includes a letter-writing campaign and ads, follows one by a physicians group over the use of live animals

Mar 9

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The Oregon Health Authority in Salem. | OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY

Lawmakers consider proposal to give consumers a greater voice in behavioral health policy

A bill would train people who have received behavioral health services how to navigate the state’s system and advocate

Mar 2

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Advocates push for state to allow paid parent caregivers for children with disabilities

State lawmakers are considering two proposals this session

Feb 24

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Health care officials urge workers to get flu shots to protect themselves and patients

Vaccination rates rose steadily prior to the pandemic but then fell as professionals focused on COVID-19

Feb 23

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Oregon bill would ban therapists from trying to change a person’s sexual orientation

Bill would expand ban on attempting conversion therapy with people of any age.

Feb 16