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Medford committee advances draft ordinance to protect gender-affirming and reproductive care, pauses for legal review
Summary
The Medford City Public Health and Community Safety Committee voted to keep a draft ordinance protecting gender-affirming and reproductive health care in committee pending a legal review; sponsors said the move responds to resident concerns and recent state actions.
Medford City’s Public Health and Community Safety Committee voted Feb. 4 to keep a draft ordinance that would affirm protections for gender-affirming and reproductive health care in committee while the city obtains a legal review.
The draft ordinance, sponsored by Councillor Singh and discussed by Chair Lazaro, would seek to protect providers and patients in Medford from out-of-state legal action and to clarify that city resources should not be used to enforce policies from other jurisdictions. Chair Lazaro read language from a state press release, saying “gender affirming health care is a legally and constitutionally protected right.”
The measure’s sponsors said they…
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