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This seizure on April 21, 2023 of 100,000 fentanyl pills, 3 kilograms of heroin and 1 kilogram of fentanyl in the La Grande area typifies street drugs in Oregon. | OREGON STATE POLICE

Fentanyl education bill heads to Gov. Kotek

The bill requires the state to develop education materials to teach schoolchildren about the dangers of opioids, as well as Oregon’s Good Samaritan law
May 23, 2023
People holding signs reading our children our choice and don't tread on our kids stand by a roadside. A 13 colonies flag waves above them.
Supporters of Republican senators rally at the Oregon Capitol on Monday, May 15, 2023, and voice opposition to House Bill 2002, an abortion and gender-affirming health care bill. The GOP-led walkout prevented the Senate from conducting business for a 10th day. | BEN BOTKIN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Here’s what Oregon’s controversial abortion, gender-affirming care bill would do

One thing it wouldn’t? Change anything about minors’ access to gender-affirming care
May 23, 2023
A woman in a doctor's white coat speaks on a courthouse steps.
Dr. Christina Francis, an OB-GYN from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and chair of the board of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, speaks in front of the 5th Circuit courthouse in New Orleans on May 17, 2023, following arguments on a case challenging FDA approval of the abortion pill. | GREG LAROSE/LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR

Three-judge panel in U.S. appeals court hears arguments in abortion pill case

The ruling in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will likely be put on hold as the case moves up to the U.S. Supreme Court
May 18, 2023
(From left) Dr. Ben Hoffman, medical director of Doernbecher Children’s Hospital; Roy Moore, who works with gun violence victims; U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden; and Kathleen Carlson, epidemiologist discuss ways to combat the violence on May 5, 2023 at Oregon Health & Science University. | GRANT STRINGER/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Wyden aims to pursue federal legislation to curb gun violence

Oregon’s senior senator met with gun violence experts during a roundtable discussion at OHSU
May 8, 2023
Rep. Emily McIntire, R-Eagle Point, works on the House floor at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. | AMANDA LOMAN/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Republicans, Oregon Right to Life sue over abortion bill’s readability

They allege that top legislative leaders broke state law because the written summary of the major bill on abortion and gender-affirming care isn’t easy to understand
May 4, 2023
Oregonians gather outside the Multnomah County Justice Center to protest the June 2022 Supreme Court Decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, ending a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion. | ALEX BAUMHARDT/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon House passes sweeping bill to guarantee access to abortion, gender-affirming care

The bill stands in opposition to legislation in Republican-led states blocking access and criminalizing care
May 2, 2023
Stanton Healthcare, headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, advertises a controversial and unregulated treatment that claims, without credible data, to reverse the effects of medication abortion. | COURTESY OF BRANDI SWINDELL

How to make a state abortion ban go national

Stanton Healthcare has been the driving force to test the boundaries of Idaho’s strict abortion ban, adding to chaos and uncertainty among Idahoans who need abortions
May 1, 2023
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