Kotek has kept a lower profile than other Democratic governors in the two weeks since Donald Trump’s reelection.
Tag: ABORTION
Planned Parenthood affiliates in Oregon map out long-term strategy
Planned Parenthood is planning to launch a new advocacy organization after the election to guide its public policy work expand access to abortions and other health services.
Health authority launches website to ease abortion access as Supreme Court hears anti-abortion case
The Oregon Health Authority launched a website to make it easier for women to access an abortion on Tuesday.
Oregon Right to Life sues state over birth control, abortion insurance mandate
Oregon’s largest anti-abortion advocacy group wants insurance companies to offer it a special plan that doesn’t cover emergency contraception.
Nonprofit awards $5 million to widen abortion access in Oregon
Recent grants to expand abortion access in Oregon come out of $15 million allocated by the state Legislature in 2022.
Oregon group launches PAC targeting only pro-choice Republican lawmaker
The political director of Oregon Right to Life and a former Springfield school board candidate have started an effort to unseat the only Republican lawmaker who supports abortion rights.
Here’s what Oregon’s controversial abortion, gender-affirming care bill would do
Republican senators have walked out in part to prevent the bill from receiving a vote.
Republicans, Oregon Right to Life sue over abortion bill’s readability
Two Oregon Republican legislators and an anti-abortion group are suing top legislative leaders, alleging that they broke state law because the written summary of a major bill on abortion and gender-affirming care isn’t easy to understand. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court by Rep. Emily McIntire of[Read More…]
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.
Kotek announces Oregon will stockpile abortion drug
The Democratic governors in Washington state and Massachusetts are also shoring up supplies of mifepristone.
