Oregon legislators introduced a broad bill on Monday that would increase unique legal protections for abortion providers. Presented with little public notice, limiting opponents’ time to react, HB 4088 would further entrench Oregon’s position as an abortion tourism destination, placing women and girls at risk and undermining state laws designed to protect children and unborn babies. Oregon Right to Life strongly opposes HB 4088.
As written, HB 4088 would expand protected interstate actions under Oregon’s existing 2023 shield law (HB 2002) to include “any person who provides or attempts to provide aid, assistance, resources, encouragement or support to a person in providing or receiving or attempting to provide or receive reproductive health care or gender-affirming treatment.”