abortion in oregon abortion in oregon abortion in oregon is legal at all stages of pregnancy. the number of abortion clinics in oregon has declined over the years, with sixty in 1982, forty in 1992, and fifteen in 2014. there were 8,231 legal abortions in 2014, and 8,610 in 2015. in oregon politics, the democratic party of oregon supports access to abortion while the oregon republican party opposes abortion, which has led to state republicans attempting to pass bills restricting or banning the procedure. history the parents of becky bell worked with the feminist majority foundation in the 1990s, which credited them with helping to turn public opinion against a parental-notification law in oregon. legislative history in the late 1960s, arkansas, california, colorado, georgia, maryland, new mexico, north carolina, and oregon made reforms to their abortion laws, with most of these states providing more detailed medical guidance on when therapeutic abortions could be performed. in 1962, the american law institute published their model penal code, as it applied to abortions, with three circumstances where they believed a physician could justifiably perform an abortion: "if ... there is substantial risk that the continuance of the pregnancy would gravely impair the physical or mental health of the mother, or that the child would be born with grave physical or mental defect, or that the pregnancy resulted from rape, incest, or other felonious intercourse." versions of this model were passed into law in many states during the late 1960s and early 1970s. oregon was an exception in that they chose to model their law after the british abortion act of 1967. state law as of 1971 required that any woman getting a legal abortion in the state needed to be a resident for some specific period between 30 and 90 days. as of 2017, california, oregon, montana, vermont, and new hampshire allow qualified non-physician health professionals, such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and certified nurse midwives, to do first-trimester aspiration abortions and to prescribe drugs for medical abortions. in oregon the reproductive health equity act was passed in 2017, which required health insurance to offer abortion coverage and to absorb most of the costs for the procedure, instead of passing them along to women. as of august 2018, the state had a law to protect the right to have an abortion. as of may 2019, oregon was the only state in the nation that had no legal restrictions on abortion. ballot box history there was a ballot box measure in 2018 that sought to limit the ability of the state to use public funds to pay for abortions. this was rejected by voters. judicial history the us supreme court's decision in 1973's roe v. wade ruling meant the state could no longer regulate abortion in the first trimester. however, the supreme court overturned roe v. wade in dobbs v. jackson women's health organization, no. 19-1392, 597 u.s. ___ (2022) later in 2022. clinic history number of abortion clinics in oregon by year