HB 3330
Provides protections for a person who refuses to participate in a procedure related to abortion, physician-assisted suicide or gender-affirming treatment if the refusal is based on a person's ethical, moral or religious convictions.
Jurisdiction
Oregon
Session
2025 Regular Session
Committee
Behavioral Health and Health Care
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- Passed House
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Bill overview
This bill protects individuals who refuse medical procedures based on their ethical, moral, or religious convictions. Specifically, it covers abortion, physician-assisted suicide, and gender-affirming treatment. Healthcare facilities and employers are prohibited from discriminating against individuals who decline to participate in these procedures, and a person can sue for damages if they experience discrimination. The bill also allows healthcare workers to object to certain procedures and outlines specific medical emergency criteria for abortion.
Key provisions
- Protects individuals from discrimination based on objections to abortion, physician-assisted suicide, and gender-affirming treatment.
- Allows healthcare facilities to refuse to perform certain procedures based on objections.
- Permits individuals to sue for damages and equitable relief if they experience discrimination.
- Provides for the award of attorney fees to prevailing plaintiffs in discrimination lawsuits.
- Defines key terms such as ‘abortion,’ ‘gender-affirming treatment,’ and ‘health care facility.’
- Establishes criteria for when an abortion is considered a medical emergency.
- Allows healthcare workers to state their objections in writing.
- Prohibits employers and regulatory agencies from disciplining employees or practitioners for refusing to participate in certain procedures.
Who is affected
- Healthcare workers
- Patients seeking abortion, physician-assisted suicide, or gender-affirming treatment
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