In the wake of Oregon hospitals ending access to gender-affirming care for minors, dueling state policies over abortion and increasingly hostile federal actions toward transgender Americans, Oregon Democrats say the state’s protections for doctors and patients need an update. House Bill 4088 awaits a House floor vote after Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee advanced […]
(The Center Square) – New York, California and Oregon are leading 12 states suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over allegedly threatening to withhold billions of dollars in grants unless states illegally discriminate against transgender people.
(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision holding that an Ohio school district's policy on student pronouns did not violate First Amendment rights.
In two newly-opened halls hugging the rotunda of Oregon’s Capitol, a set of wooden doors stand side by side, wall to floor. Mirrors with sinks and bright lights radiate in the background, with a sign on the front entrance reading: “This is a multi-stall, all-user restroom.” The first-floor bathrooms are a new addition brought forth […]
(The Center Square) – In a room with a licensed doctor seeing a teenager or preteen and their parents, it is the child with mental health assessment minimized or omitted that leads decisions made because of “embodiment goals.”
