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It’s bad enough that politicians in D.C. are attacking Planned Parenthood in collusion with some of the nation’s most dangerous anti-abortion fanatics. But even here in Oregon, we face well-funded opponents who will stop at nothing to restrict women’s health. In fact, a 2014 news report indicated that Oregon Right To Life “spent $903,000 on state and local political races, making it one of the biggest contributors in Oregon politics.”
2015 has been no different. Here are just 10 of the most outrageous attacks on women’s health in the past 12 months alone:
Republicans tried to score political points in Salem by exploiting the widely debunked, illegally filmed videos designed to smear Planned Parenthood.
Conservatives introduced 5 bills in Salem to restrict women’s health – including one that could have shut down nearly every abortion provider in Oregon.
When we passed landmark legislation to guarantee 12-month birth control dispensing, Oregon Right To Life outrageously admitted, “We oppose the pill because it can act as an abortifacient.”
While we lobbied for a Patient Privacy Protection bill to ensure confidentiality in insurance communications, Oregon Right To Life blatantly misrepresented the legislation as “forced funding for abortions.”
Oregon Right To Life tried to take credit for the record low rate of teen births (“There’s more judgment among teens than there used to be”), even though overwhelming evidence attributes the decrease to affordable birth control and medically accurate sex ed.
Governor Kate Brown, a women’s health champion who received our 2012 Pro-Choice Champion Award, was attacked by Oregon Right To Life as “possibly the most pro-abortion governor in Oregon history.”
After being nominated for an Emily’s List Rising Star Award, House Speaker Tina Kotek was attacked by Oregon Right To Life for supporting “the culture of death.”
A new group calling itself Parents’ Rights In Education went after education programs that give young people the information they need to protect themselves and stay healthy. Meanwhile, Oregon Right To Life organized an annual camp where they told children how to argue against abortion for rape survivors.
Oregon Right To Life hosted a conference where speakers shared discredited junk science about the medical risks of abortion.
Extremists have already introduced a 2016 ballot measure that would amend the Oregon Constitution to ban abortion access for low-income women.
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