[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Just as Democrats are kicking up their efforts to prove the party can be a comfortable home for centrist voters, leftists in Oregon passed a law making that pitch even more laughable than it already was.The state legislature passed a bill last week that would require insurance companies offering plans in Oregon "to cover abortions and other reproductive services at no cost to the patient regardless of income, citizenship status or gender identity," as ABC News explained.
Note that the legislation also applies to noncitizens.
The bill is headed to the desk of Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, who's already tweeted her support with an enthusiastic, "yes! yes! yes!"
The ABC News report, which compared the law to those in other states, noted, "The Oregon bill is unique, however, in that patients would have access to the procedure for virtually any reason, at any time, including sex-selective and late-term abortions."
There you have it -- free abortions for anybody at any time for any reason. The legislation also includes a $10 million appropriation from the state's general fund to cover the costs of the services. That's an appropriation of $10 million in taxpayer money that will be used in part to pay for abortion procedures.
Not a single Democrat in the state Senate voted against the measure. Only one Democratic member of the House opposed it.
As Guy Benson wrote in Townhall, Oregon Democrats' eagerness to pass this legislation actually "[underscores] the abject radicalism of the Democratic Party's abortion stance."
"Oregon's government is dominated by Democrats," Benson wrote, "so they were able to implement a bill that broadly reflects the party's platform, and delights the party's abortion zealot bankrollers."