stephanie
03-16-2007, 02:04 AM
Just happened across this...Take a look at NARAL and their tactics...
NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
{ + braces and plus signs + } .
LC 3116
Senate Bill 776
Sponsored by Senators DEVLIN, BROWN, Representative ROSENBAUM;
Senators AVAKIAN, PROZANSKI, WALKER, Representatives BARKER,
BONAMICI, KOTEK, NOLAN, TOMEI (at the request of Planned
Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon)
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.
Requires Department of Human Services to collect data and study
'alternative-to-abortion organizations' in Oregon and report
findings to Legislative Assembly by December 31, 2008.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to study of alternative-to-abortion organizations; and
appropriating money.
Whereas 'alternative-to-abortion organizations,' also called
'crisis pregnancy centers,' misinform and mislead women to deter
or to delay them from having abortions; and
Whereas there are 51 alternative-to-abortion organizations or
crisis pregnancy centers operating in Oregon; and
Whereas some crisis pregnancy centers intentionally choose
their names to mislead women into believing that the centers
offer a wide range of family planning and abortion care when they
do not; and
Whereas in order to confuse their clients and capitalize on
their patients' confusion, crisis pregnancy centers design their
facilities to look like health care facilities and locate the
facilities near clinics that offer family planning and abortion
care; and
Whereas many crisis pregnancy centers not only mislead women
about abortion care but also will not provide information about
birth control; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Alternative-to-abortion organization' or 'crisis pregnancy
center' means an organization that provides pregnancy counseling
or information to women but does not perform abortions or make
referrals for abortions.
(b) 'All-options pregnancy counseling' means medically and
factually accurate information about adoption, abortion and
carrying a pregnancy to term.
(2) The Department of Human Services shall study and collect
data on all aspects of alternative-to-abortion organizations and
crisis pregnancy centers. The study shall include, but is not
limited to:
(a) What state funds, if any, are directly or indirectly
allocated to alternative-to-abortion organizations in this state
and the names and locations of such organizations receiving state
funding.
(b) The number of women who access services at
alternative-to-abortion organizations.
(c) The geographic regions in which each woman accessing the
services of alternative-to-abortion organizations resides.
(d) Whether alternative-to-abortion organizations hold
themselves out to the public as all-options pregnancy counseling
programs or agencies.
(e) Whether any alternative-to-abortion organization discloses
its religious affiliation and informs its clients that it is not
a medical facility and that it does not perform abortions.
(f) The number of state-certified medical professionals on
staff at alternative-to-abortion organizations.
(g) What services are provided by alternative-to-abortion
organizations.
(h) Whether alternative-to-abortion organizations are providing
ultrasound examinations and, if so, how they disclose the results
of those examinations to patients.
(i) If alternative-to-abortion organizations are operating as
medical facilities, how they handle medical records, and whether
the records are in compliance with state requirements governing
medical privacy.
(j) Whether intentionally misleading or medically and factually
inaccurate information is given to clients at
alternative-to-abortion organizations, including misinformation
about the alleged links between abortions and breast cancer, the
effects of abortion on future fertility and the effects of
abortion on mental health.
(3) The department shall establish and post on the department's
website a toll-free number, complaint form and details of a
process established by the department to track and investigate
complaints about alternative-to-abortion organizations. + }
SECTION 2. { + The Department of Human Services shall report
the results of the study required by section 1 of this 2007 Act
to the Legislative Assembly in the manner required by ORS 192.245
by December 31, 2008. + }
SECTION 3. { + Section 1 of this 2007 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the next regular biennial legislative
session. + }
SECTION 4. { + There is appropriated to the Department of
Human Services, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of
the General Fund, the sum of $___ for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this 2007 Act. + }
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0700.dir/sb0776.intro.html
NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
{ + braces and plus signs + } .
LC 3116
Senate Bill 776
Sponsored by Senators DEVLIN, BROWN, Representative ROSENBAUM;
Senators AVAKIAN, PROZANSKI, WALKER, Representatives BARKER,
BONAMICI, KOTEK, NOLAN, TOMEI (at the request of Planned
Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon)
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.
Requires Department of Human Services to collect data and study
'alternative-to-abortion organizations' in Oregon and report
findings to Legislative Assembly by December 31, 2008.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to study of alternative-to-abortion organizations; and
appropriating money.
Whereas 'alternative-to-abortion organizations,' also called
'crisis pregnancy centers,' misinform and mislead women to deter
or to delay them from having abortions; and
Whereas there are 51 alternative-to-abortion organizations or
crisis pregnancy centers operating in Oregon; and
Whereas some crisis pregnancy centers intentionally choose
their names to mislead women into believing that the centers
offer a wide range of family planning and abortion care when they
do not; and
Whereas in order to confuse their clients and capitalize on
their patients' confusion, crisis pregnancy centers design their
facilities to look like health care facilities and locate the
facilities near clinics that offer family planning and abortion
care; and
Whereas many crisis pregnancy centers not only mislead women
about abortion care but also will not provide information about
birth control; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Alternative-to-abortion organization' or 'crisis pregnancy
center' means an organization that provides pregnancy counseling
or information to women but does not perform abortions or make
referrals for abortions.
(b) 'All-options pregnancy counseling' means medically and
factually accurate information about adoption, abortion and
carrying a pregnancy to term.
(2) The Department of Human Services shall study and collect
data on all aspects of alternative-to-abortion organizations and
crisis pregnancy centers. The study shall include, but is not
limited to:
(a) What state funds, if any, are directly or indirectly
allocated to alternative-to-abortion organizations in this state
and the names and locations of such organizations receiving state
funding.
(b) The number of women who access services at
alternative-to-abortion organizations.
(c) The geographic regions in which each woman accessing the
services of alternative-to-abortion organizations resides.
(d) Whether alternative-to-abortion organizations hold
themselves out to the public as all-options pregnancy counseling
programs or agencies.
(e) Whether any alternative-to-abortion organization discloses
its religious affiliation and informs its clients that it is not
a medical facility and that it does not perform abortions.
(f) The number of state-certified medical professionals on
staff at alternative-to-abortion organizations.
(g) What services are provided by alternative-to-abortion
organizations.
(h) Whether alternative-to-abortion organizations are providing
ultrasound examinations and, if so, how they disclose the results
of those examinations to patients.
(i) If alternative-to-abortion organizations are operating as
medical facilities, how they handle medical records, and whether
the records are in compliance with state requirements governing
medical privacy.
(j) Whether intentionally misleading or medically and factually
inaccurate information is given to clients at
alternative-to-abortion organizations, including misinformation
about the alleged links between abortions and breast cancer, the
effects of abortion on future fertility and the effects of
abortion on mental health.
(3) The department shall establish and post on the department's
website a toll-free number, complaint form and details of a
process established by the department to track and investigate
complaints about alternative-to-abortion organizations. + }
SECTION 2. { + The Department of Human Services shall report
the results of the study required by section 1 of this 2007 Act
to the Legislative Assembly in the manner required by ORS 192.245
by December 31, 2008. + }
SECTION 3. { + Section 1 of this 2007 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the next regular biennial legislative
session. + }
SECTION 4. { + There is appropriated to the Department of
Human Services, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2007, out of
the General Fund, the sum of $___ for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this 2007 Act. + }
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measures/sb0700.dir/sb0776.intro.html