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Merkley, Wyden support bill to repeal ‘global gag rule’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are co-sponsoring a bill that would repeal the Mexico City Policy, an anti-abortion measure reinstated by President Donald Trump that threatens to strip funding from healthcare providers around the world. Trump is the first president to expand the policy, known as

Merkley Statement on Price Nomination

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on Health and Human Services nominee Congressman Tom Price. Price’s nomination is currently being considered on the Senate floor. “If confirmed, Tom Price would be America’s 23rd Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he would be the first

An Obamacare Repeal Could Strip Women of Workplace Breastfeeding Protections

As Republican members of Congress consider how to make good on their promise to overhaul Obamacare—Repeal, then replace? Repeal and replace at the same time?—millions of Americans face the prospect of losing health insurance or seeing their coverage under the Affordable Care Act change. But health care coverage isn’t the

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