{"id":294868,"date":"2023-07-19T08:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=294868"},"modified":"2023-07-17T20:56:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T01:56:20","slug":"oregon-parental-consent-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/oregon-parental-consent-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon governor signs bill eliminating parental consent for abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thursday, July 13, Oregon\u2019s governor, Tina Kotek, \u201cquietly signed\u201d <\/span>HB 2002<\/span><\/a>, according to <\/span>KOIN News<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

HB 2002 eliminates parental consent requirements for abortions performed on minors and allows children of any age to obtain an abortion without parental notification. The bill also prevents Oregonian law enforcement from assisting other states in abortion-related investigations and reiterates that Medicaid and other insurance companies must provide coverage for abortions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time of its passage in the Oregon House, Minority Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson <\/span>said<\/span><\/a>: \u201cThis is a parental rights issue and a process issue. This is Oregon effectively telling you the government understands the needs of your child better than you do.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the bill\u2019s passage in the House, Republican state lawmakers staged a six-week <\/span>walkout<\/span><\/a>, which resulted in a minor compromise on the legislation as passed by the Senate. As initially proposed, parental consent rules would have been categorically eliminated, whereas \u201cnew compromise language would allow an abortionist to forgo notifying parents of patients under 15 if they believe it would not be in that patient\u2019s best interest to notify the parents, but only if another medical provider agrees,\u201d according to <\/span>National Review<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Language concerning the expansion of abortion and contraception on college campuses and in rural areas was also <\/span>removed<\/span><\/a> as a result of the compromise.<\/span><\/p>\n

The legal <\/span>age of consent<\/span><\/a> for sexual activity in the state of Oregon is 18. However, HB 2002 all but renders that law meaningless, as Oregonian minors of any age will now be able to legally end the lives of children conceived in violation of that state\u2019s age-of-consent law, without parental involvement or notification.<\/span><\/p>\n