House Bill 2002 passed the Oregon House, but not yet the Oregon Senate. Parents around the state are trying to understand its implications. Ponder these points HB 2002 will institute, and questions yet unanswered:

• Loss of parental control over children’s health care under the guise of “helping.”

• Pushing an agenda which does not belong in the education system.

• Insurance costs parents may be liable for, i.e., tracheal shave, hair electrolysis, hormone therapy, etc.

• Abortion for underage girls (already legal) but now without parental knowledge at ANY age.

• Genital mutilation before age 18? (Trans surgery.)

• Traveling gender affirming and abortion vans?

• Who is paying for this? Who financially benefits?

Educators cannot distribute an aspirin to a student, but these life-changing services are OK? Without parental consent? Could the dismal achievement of Oregon students in reading, math and science be related to the Education Department expanding outside its mission?

Schools already stressed with enough responsibilities, financial and educational, should not be responsible for the “sexual health” of students under 18. Difficult medical/psychological issues need the medical system, not the education system. 

HB 2002 includes “gender affirming/mobile health clinics” for rural areas, and college “student health centers” that “provide enrolled students access to emergency contraception and medication abortion.” The predators, traffickers and incestuous relatives will love that.

Other countries are shutting down “gender-affirming” clinics because of the damage to children, and requiring counseling and attainment of age 18 prior to hormonal and other treatments, with rare exceptions. (See Britain, Finland, Sweden.)

In Oregon, the Democrats seek to institutionalize these “transitioning” procedures in law, and into the Oregon Constitution (Senate Joint Resolution 33).

The Chinese are laughing.

Lynn Jackson

Marcia Atkinson

Hood River