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OR SB384

Bill

Status

Failed

6/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kim Thatcher

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Origin

Senate

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Requires health care practitioners present when a child is born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion to provide the same degree of care as would be given to any other child born at the same gestational age

  • Mandates immediate transport to a hospital if the child is not born in a hospital; requires reporting of violations to state law enforcement

  • Creates the crime of "failure to exercise proper standard of care" as a Class C felony, punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both

  • Allows the person whose pregnancy was terminated to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against violating practitioners, with mandatory attorney fees for prevailing plaintiffs

  • Amends ORS 174.100 to define "individual" under Oregon statute to include an infant born alive at any stage of development

Legislative Description

Relating to abortion.

Last Action

In committee upon adjournment.

6/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Health Care1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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