Abortion
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon advocates for every woman’s right to access safe, legal abortion. In addition we support efforts to prevent unintended pregnancy and reduce the need for abortion. In 1973, the Supreme Court guaranteed American women the right to choose abortion in its landmark decision Roe v. Wade. In Roe, the Court issued a compromise between the state's ability to restrict abortion and a woman's right to choose. Since 1973, the anti-choice movement has worked to restrict abortion rights and at the same time to limit access to abortion care. Most recently, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case concerning the Federal Abortion Ban of 2003. (The case, Gonzalez v. Carhart, could undermine the Roe decision by eliminating the requirement that abortion restrictions contain exceptions to protect the pregnant women’s health, effectively changing the future of legal abortion in the United States.) Below you can learn more about this case, as well as other attempts by anti-choice campaigners to chip away at abortion laws by instituting parental notification laws, waiting periods for abortion care, biased counseling requirements, and RU-486 or Mifepristone, the FDA-approved option for early non-surgical abortion.
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| Global Gag Rule |
| This is an executive order that essentially blackmails foreign health organizations who depend on U.S. aid. The government does this ...
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| Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) |
| The Freedom of Choice Act was introduced in Congress on January 22, 2004 by Senator Barbara Boxer. The bill, S ...
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| Parental Involvement Laws |
| Oregon does not mandate parental consent laws. However, if the federal government succeeds in its anti-choice campaign, Oregon and every other pro-choice ...
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| Waiting Periods and Informed Consent Laws |
| Abortion-specific "informed" consent laws unnecessarily insert the government into private decision making and the doctor-patient relationship. This is consistent with ...
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| Mifepristone/RU-486 |
| Despite what Bush claims, FDA-approved Mifepristone, when taken with the proper medical supervision, is not dangerous to a woman's health.The ...
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