![]() Under the legislation, doctors would be allowed to provide an abortion to anyone regardless of age, and it would bar them in certain cases from disclosing that to parents.ĭemocratic lawmakers have said such scenarios are rare. The parts of the proposal that have proved to be the most contentious have to do with minors. “It would give us the time to address some of the concerns brought up today, and if nothing else have an honest discussion around them,” she said.Īdditionally, it would expand insurance coverage for gender-affirming health care by barring insurers from defining as cosmetic procedures that are prescribed as medically necessary for treating gender dysphoria, among other things. ![]() Lily Morgan was among those who spoke in favor of its postponement. ![]() ![]() (AP) - Oregon lawmakers have advanced a sweeping bill intended to protect abortion and gender-affirming health care for transgender people by boosting legal safeguards and expanding access and insurance coverage.ĭemocratic representatives on Monday night passed the bill along party lines in a House floor vote that stretched for roughly six hours after Republicans sought to stall it.Ĭiting concerns about the wide-ranging scope of the bill - which addresses topics from minors’ access to abortion to emergency contraception at university student health centers to insurance coverage for gender-affirming care procedures - Republicans sought through various motions to send the bill back to different policy committees, delay the vote until next month and postpone it indefinitely. ![]()
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