🧵(1/11) Tonight, House Democrats will pass HB 2002B. They will recite phrases like 'life-saving care' & 'basic rights' to hide the truth. But we know the truth: HB 2002B is nothing but an extreme attack on parents & children. Here's what the bill does: #orpol #orleg
(2/11) Allows a child of any age, without parental knowledge, to receive an abortion. This will increase the vulnerability of young girls to be sex-trafficked.
(3/11) A doctor may not disclose to the child's parent information regarding the abortion they performed unless the child provides written consent.
(4/11) Prohibits health insurance plans from limiting/denying coverage for irreversible sex-changing treatments and procedures.
(5/11) A minor may receive irreversible sex-changing treatments and procedures without parental knowledge.
(6/11) A minor may have parents' insurer cover cost of irreversible sex-changing treatments and procedures without parental consent.
(7/11) Insurers must cover "medically necessary cosmetic procedures": tracheal shave, hair electrolysis, facial feminization surgery, other facial-altering treatments.
(8/11) Decriminalizes concealing the dead body of a newborn child.
(9/11) Oregon taxpayers will be on the hook to pay for abortions and irreversible sex-changing treatments for non-Oregon residents.
(10/11) Requires student health centers at public universities and community colleges to provide medication abortions to enrolled students funded by Oregon taxpayers.
(11/11) Changes statutory language from "terminate the individual's pregnancy" to "exercise the individual's reproductive health right".
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