Bill Text: OR HB3515 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to sex-selection abortions; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3515 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3515-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 3879

                         House Bill 3515

Sponsored by Representatives FREEMAN, THATCHER

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Prohibits performing late-term sex-selection abortion.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to sex-selection abortions; and declaring an emergency.
  Whereas sex-selection abortions are abortions performed solely
because of the known or suspected sex of the unborn child; and
  Whereas sex-selection abortions are often performed because of
personal or cultural preferences for male children over female
children, and not because of any clear or imminent danger to the
life of the mother; and
  Whereas scholarly research has demonstrated that sex-selection
abortions are discriminatory, as females are aborted in such
procedures at a disproportionately higher rate than are males;
and
  Whereas Oregonians strongly believe in gender equality; and
  Whereas sex-selection abortions deprive unborn children of
their natural rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness as described in the Declaration of Independence and as
protected by the United States Constitution; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'late-term
sex-selection abortion' means an abortion performed during the
third trimester of pregnancy and undertaken solely because of the
known or suspected sex of the unborn child.
  (2) A person may not perform a late-term sex-selection abortion
in this state. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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