2022 Legislative Wrapup: Pro-Life Bills

In the 2022 Oregon Legislative Session, we spent most of our time on three bills. Two of those were the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act (SB 1553) and the abortion pill reversal informed consent bill (HB 4042). The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act would have required medical practitioners to provide life-saving care to infants who are born […]

2022 Legislative Wrapup: HB 4034

In the 2022 Oregon Legislative Session, we spent most of our time on three bills. One of those was HB 4034, an omnibus bill that included the expansion of abortion in Oregon. This bill was a buffet of barely linked provisions that cannot be shortly summarized. Maybe that’s why it’s just been called “A bill […]

Pro-Abortion Bill Rushed Through Short Session Amidst Widespread Concern

Salem, OR—The Oregon State Senate passed the omnibus House Bill 4034 18–12 along party lines. In sections 9–12, the bill exempted the Reproductive Healthcare Equity Act (RHEA) from a longstanding automatic sunset provision and granted the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) indefinite power to “implement reproductive health services and education programs” by rulemaking. Democrat lawmakers described […]

Pro-Life Bills Die in Committee Without Hearing

Salem, OR—At the end of the day, February 7, SB 1553 and HB 4042 died in committee without receiving a hearing. Sponsored by Sen. Linthicum (R–Klamath Falls), Rep. Lewis (R–Silverton), Rep. Stark (R–Grants Pass) and other pro-life legislators, these bills would have established protection for mothers and infants. “I am disappointed in, but not surprised […]

Born-Alive Infant Protection Act Returns to the Legislature

This year, pro-life house and senate members of the Oregon Legislature have introduced two crucial bills to protect unborn children. The Senate bill would require doctors to provide life-saving care to infants born alive after an attempted abortion. SB 1553—the Born Alive Infant Protection Act—requires medical practitioners to provide life-saving care to infants born alive […]