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Oregon legislators spent hours Monday debating House Bill 2002, a polarizing package involving abortion and gender-affirming health care, before ultimately voting it through to the state Senate.

While states across the country are considering ways to limit gender-affirming care or prevent insurance coverage from paying for it, a bill in the Oregon Legislature would require Medicaid and private insurers to expand coverage of gender-affirming care to include laser hair removal and facial feminization surgery. The measure, House Bill 2002, also aims to protect access to abortions and protect providers from legal repercussions from providing reproductive care.

Recorded on: March 15, 2019Air Date: March 18, 2019From the City Club of Eugene:In the fall of 2015, after a varied career path and a home life as a…