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Appeals court rules that abortion pill can stay on the market, but limits access

While the case is on appeal, mifepristone is approved for use in pregnancies up to seven weeks, not 10 weeks, and it can’t be dispensed through the mail

Apr 13, 2023

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Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare walk-in clinic in Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/THE LUND REPORT

Oregon pays Medicaid mental health providers relatively well, OHSU study finds

The study indicates that the state’s mental health crisis is not entirely linked to poor payments by Medicaid

Apr 11, 2023

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Idaho Gov. Brad Little gives his State of the State speech in the House chambers of the State Capitol building on Jan. 9, 2023. | OTTO KITSINGER/IDAHO CAPITAL SUN

It is now a crime in Idaho to provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth

The Vulnerable Child Protection Act specifically bans puberty blockers, surgeries and hormones for patients under age 18

Apr 6, 2023

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Oregonians march in downtown Portland against 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 bill on abortion, gender-affirming care clears first hurdle

It would bar Oregon courts from helping states prosecute people who provided care that complies with Oregon laws, among other protections

Apr 4, 2023

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Emergency department at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in North Portland. | LYNNE TERRY/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Oregon starts review of 1.5 million people on Medicaid to determine who qualifies for free coverage

A transition team will be available starting April 13 to explain coverage and options to those who lose their Medicaid insurance

Apr 4, 2023

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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, 2023

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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, 2023

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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, 2023

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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, 2023

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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, 2023