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Abortion Funding
Group seeks to stop health plan funding of abortions
February 24th, 2005
A new anti-abortion group is attempting to stop the Oregon Health Plan from covering the procedure. The organization, called Life Support, wants to let legislators, churches and the public know about abortions paid for under the Oregon Health Plan, which provides medical care at little or no cost to low-income residents. "We are going to expose this," said David Brownlow, the Clackamas-based group's executive director. Brownlow said Life Support will also ask legislators to promise to vote against any budget that includes abortion funding. The Oregon Department of Human Services estimates that 8,150 abortions...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-24)
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