{"id":170747,"date":"2017-08-15T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=170747"},"modified":"2017-08-16T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T18:52:31","slug":"oregon-governor-signs-bill-offering-free-abortions-to-citizens-and-undocumented-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/oregon-governor-signs-bill-offering-free-abortions-to-citizens-and-undocumented-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon governor signs bill offering free abortions to citizens and undocumented immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed into law a bill Tuesday requiring taxpayers to fund abortions through health insurance plans for both citizens and undocumented immigrants. The measure, which is being labeled as one of the most extreme pro-abortion policies in the nation, makes Oregon the first state to strong-arm taxpayers into funding all abortions, including sex-selection abortions and late-term abortions.<\/p>\n<p>The law requires abortion coverage to Oregonians, regardless of income, gender identity, or citizenship status, and allocates roughly $500,000 over the next two years to provide abortions to undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/d885ed90a2db489881455e92dc42bf27\/Oregon-approves-measure-requiring-insurers-to-cover-abortion\">reported<\/a>: \u201cThe Oregon bill is unique\u2026 in that patients would have access to the procedure for virtually any reason, at any time, including sex-selective and late-term abortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the measure passed the state legislature last month, Gov. Kate Brown applauded the move and signaled her support of the bill on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170758 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-4.45.53-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-4.45.53-PM.png 506w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-4.45.53-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-4.45.53-PM-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-4.45.53-PM-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-15-at-4.45.53-PM-500x505.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/advice-for-progressives-from-americas-radical-feminist-governor\">New Yorker reports<\/a>\u00a0that Brown is a longtime abortion activist. In the aftermath of the 1973 <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u00a0Supreme Court decision, Brown urged her mother to become a Democrat. She also volunteered at the Feminist Women&#8217;s Health Center in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Fox News with Martha MacCallum, Live Action President Lila Rose called the bill an extreme push to force abortions on taxpayers. Rose urged lawmakers to protect the preborn, noting that lives are at stake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flilagracerose%2Fvideos%2F10155592000308000%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed into law a bill Tuesday requiring taxpayers to fund abortions through health insurance plans for both citizens and undocumented immigrants. The measure, which is being labeled as one of the most extreme pro-abortion policies in the nation, makes Oregon the first state to strong-arm taxpayers into funding all abortions, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":170752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,9459],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oregon governor signs bill offering free abortions to citizens and undocumented immigrants<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The law requires abortion coverage to everyone living in Oregon and allocates $500,000 over the next two years toward abortions for undocumented immigrants.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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