{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-435.215","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 435.215","heading":"Right to accept or refuse services protected.","body":"(1) An individual’s acceptance or refusal to accept reproductive health care information and services may not:\n      (a) Be grounds for the loss of any privilege or immunity to which the individual is otherwise entitled; or\n      (b) Affect the individual’s right to receive public assistance, medical assistance, as defined in ORS 414.025, or any other public benefit.\n      (2) An officer, employee or agent of a public body who is engaged in the provision of reproductive health care information and services:\n      (a) Shall advise every individual to whom the officer, employee or agent of a public body provides reproductive health care information and services, both orally and in writing, of the rights described under subsection (1) of this section;\n      (b) Shall recognize that the right to make decisions concerning reproductive health care is a fundamental personal right of the individual and that nothing in ORS 435.190 to 435.245, 435.475 or 435.485 or ORS chapter 436 in any way abridges that right; and\n      (c) May not require any individual to state the reason for accepting or refusing the offer of reproductive health care information and services.","path":["12 - Public Health","36. Public Health and Safety","Chapter 435 — Reproductive Health Care and Rights"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors435.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:14Z","sha256":"4c00d3800f782314999af2878832e14067b6bef358ea4abf0ceda7e7b02f1ab1","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-435.210","next":"us-or/ors-435.225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}