Tue Jun 20, 2023 – 12:56 pm EDT
SALEM (LifeSiteNews) – Oregon Republicans concluded a six-week walkout from the state Senate Thursday, after securing concessions from the Democrat-controlled Senate on extreme abortion, gender, and gun legislation that compelled them to grind the chamber’s business to a halt.
National Review reports that the dispute concerned legislation to allow abortions for minors without parental notification “in many cases,” codify abortion “access,” protect physicians from other states’ laws against abortions or gender “transitions,” require insurance coverage for some “transition” procedures, and numerous gun restrictions, as well as a proposed amendment to the state constitution codifying “rights” to abortion, gender transitions, and same-sex “marriage.”
In response, Republican senators staged the longest walkout in state history in order to deny the Senate the two-thirds quorum legally required to pass legislation, a move which, for ten lawmakers, potentially meant sacrificed their ability to run for reelection under a 2022 rule disqualifying any incumbent with ten or more unexcused absences (although that rule may be challenged in court).
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