Oregon’s legislative Democrats are once again looking for ways to strengthen abortion access in the wake of federal funding cuts to abortion providers. Oregon already has some of the strongest abortion protections in the country. The state has no restrictions on how far along a person must be in their pregnancy to get an abortion, and the state requires that most health insurance providers cover an abortion at no cost to a patient. But after President Donald Trump signed a federal budget law that defunds Planned Parenthood by cutting access to Medicaid reimbursements, Democrats in the Oregon House of Representatives are forming a work group focused on brainstorming ways to reimburse Oregon’s Planned Parenthood affiliates for the services they provide. Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: Associated Press #plannedparenthood #oregon #theoregonian #healthcare #federalcuts