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Lawmakers
introduce
‘copycat’
legislation
Bills to restrict abortion,
transgender rights
Dianne Lugo
Salem Statesman Journal | USA TODAY NETWORK

Banning youth from getting gender confirmation

surgery. Barring transgender athletes from partici-
pating in school sports. Prohibiting abortions later in
pregnancy.
State lawmakers across the country have intro-
ABOVE AND BELOW: Construction on the site of four large poultry houses at a Foster Farms facility in duced nearly identical bills this year aimed at re-
Aurora. PHOTOS BY BRIAN HAYES/SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL stricting abortion and LGBTQ rights. And Oregon is
no exception.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Wom-

E X PA N S I O N
en’s Health decision last year overturned the long-
standing federal right to abortion and returned con-
trol over access to abortions to each state. As part of
that, Justice Clarence Thomas pushed the court to
also revisit other social issues like contraception and
marriage between same-sex couples.
Foster Farms site could become the largest The decision has re-ignited the battles over social
issues at the state level and brought renewed atten-
chicken farm in Oregon, with no public input tion to the practice of copycat or “model” legislation.
A 2019 USA Today investigation found tens of thou-
sands of examples of such legislation, often written
Bill Poehler Salem Statesman Journal | USA TODAY NETWORK by industry and special interest groups and then
shopped around to lawmakers in different states.
A bill in the Oregon Legislature proposes to stop the state’s agriculture depart- In Oregon, Republican lawmakers have intro-
duced bills with language similar to those in other
ment from allowing new or expanded poultry feeding operations. h Several states that would set limits on abortion, prohibit phy-
proposed new facilities have recently angered neighbors in the Willamette Val- sicians from providing care to transgender youth,
and forbid transgender youth from participating in
ley. h While that bill awaits a public hearing, Foster Farms is undertaking a school sports.
major expansion of its Aurora site where chicks are brought in and live for Providers and Democratic leaders have said they
will continue to reaffirm Oregonians’ access and pro-
about 45 days before being shipped out for slaughter. h It currently has about tections on these issues.
180,000, according to state documents. See CHICKEN, Page 2A
See BILLS, Page 3A

Several dozen community members gathered last

April to protest Salem-Keizer Public Schools
policies outlining the rights of transgender
students. SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL FILE

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