{"id":1958842,"date":"2023-06-28T01:17:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T05:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-legislators-compromise-over-gender-abortion-ghost-guns-and-fentanyl\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T01:19:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T05:19:49","slug":"oregon-legislators-compromise-over-gender-abortion-ghost-guns-and-fentanyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-legislators-compromise-over-gender-abortion-ghost-guns-and-fentanyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon lawmakers reach agreement on gender, abortion, ghost guns, and fentanyl."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-legislators-compromise-over-gender-abortion-ghost-guns-and-fentanyl%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1958842&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>After the longest walkout in state history, a last-minute compromise allowed Oregon lawmakers to return to work on June 15 with just 10 days left in the legislative session.<\/p>\n<p>The parties had reached an impasse over Democrat-backed bills related to gun control, abortion, and gender-transition services. Because Oregon\u2019s legislative rules require a two-thirds quorum to conduct business, the session ground to a halt when the six week walkout by most Republicans and two Independent members of the Oregon Senate began May 3.<\/p>\n<p>As the minority party, Republicans said the walkout was the only way to force the majority to compromise on bills they saw as extreme.<\/p>\n<p>When work resumed, lawmakers worked overtime to work through a backlog of bills and negotiate on those that were most controversial.<\/p>\n<h2>Gender Care, Abortion, and Parental Rights<\/h2>\n<p>As originally written, House Bill 2002 aimed to dramatically expand access and public funding for abortion and gender-transition services in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would have allowed a minor of any age to get an abortion and those older than 15 to undergo gender transition\u2014such as hormone blockers that suppress naturally occurring testosterone or estrogen\u2014all without parental consent or notification.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans called these provisions an affront to parental rights.<\/p>\n<p>They agreed to return to the Capitol only after Democrats compromised by striking the waiver of parental notification and permission. That requirement can be overridden if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-legislators-compromise-over-gender-abortion-ghost-guns-and-fentanyl\/\" title=\"Oregon lawmakers reach agreement on gender, abortion, ghost guns, and fentanyl.\">health care providers conclude informing parents<\/a> would be harmful to the child.<\/p>\n<p>As enacted, HB 2002\u2019s gender-transition component will now require Oregon\u2019s Medicaid program and private insurers to cover procedures such as electrolysis, facial feminization surgery, tracheal shaves, and any other treatments prescribed by a doctor as necessary gender-affirming treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Such procedures were previously considered cosmetic and not covered by insurance.<\/p>\n<p>The measure protects abortion providers from certain legal repercussions, including for treating patients who traveled from anti-abortion states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople knew that when Republicans chose to walk out over this, because of their objections related to abortion, that to get them back into the building there would have to be some changes,\u201d said Democratic Rep. Travis Nelson, who sponsored the bill. \u201cBut by and large we kept the things that were important to us and my constituents seem to be happy about the way that things went with 2002.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats also agreed to kill Senate Joint Resolution 33, which would have asked voters to enshrine protections for abortion, same-sex marriage, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/god-loves-me-10-year-old-trans-child-quotes-bible-to-tell-tx-legislators-why-they-shouldnt-ban-trans-surgeries-procedures-for-minors\/\" title=\"\u2018God Loves Me\u2019: 10-Year-Old Trans Child Quotes Bible To Tell TX Legislators Why They Shouldn\u2019t Ban Trans Surgeries, Procedures For Minors\">gender-affirming care<\/a> in the state Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The party could still pass a ballot referral next year in time for the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon has long been at the forefront of such gender-related issues.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, it became the first state in the nation to offer more than two gender options on identity documents, including driver\u2019s licenses, making it the first to legally recognize non-binary, intersex, and agender people on ID cards.<\/p>\n<p>The Oregon Health Plan has covered gender-affirming services since 2015<\/p>\n<p>The state does so at a time when more than a dozen states have enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming services for minors, and nearly two dozen more are considering similar bills.<\/p>\n<h2>Banning Ghost Guns<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats also made significant concessions on the session\u2019s major gun control bills.<\/p>\n<p>Under House Bill 2005, Oregon will join 11 other states in banning \u201cghost guns.\u201d These three-dimensional printed firearms are assembled at home and can be easily purchased online. They do not contain a printed serial number.<\/p>\n<p>The original bill would also have made it illegal for those under 21 to purchase certain guns and allowed local governments to ban concealed carry in some places.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4840898\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03\/GettyImages-1240263421.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> \u201cGhost guns\u201d seized in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-u-s-attorney-resigning-after-doj-ig-accuses-her-of-election-interference-lying-to-feds-reports\/\" title=\"US attorney, supported by Soros, resigns after DOJ IG accuses her of election interference and lying to federal authorities.\">federal law enforcement actions<\/a> are displayed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) field office in Glendale, Calif., on April 18, 2022. (Robyn Beck\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Democrats scrapped those two provisions.<\/p>\n<p>They also agreed to kill Senate Bill 348 and several other gun bills that would have codified provisions of Measure 114, a gun control law approved by voters last year, into law.<\/p>\n<p>That measure would ban the manufacture and sale of magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds and require anyone who wishes to obtain a firearm to get a permit first. Permits will require taking a safety course, demonstrating competency with a firearm, paying fees, and completing <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a record-breaking walkout, Oregon lawmakers resumed work on June 15, with only 10 days remaining in the session. A late agreement resolved the deadlock caused by Democrat-supported bills on gun control, abortion, and gender-transition services. 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