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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill allowing women to access birth control without a doctor's prescription is once again moving through the Legislature after stalling in committee.
Bend Republican Rep. Knute Buehler proposed a measure in April allowing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraception to women. But instead of moving the bill forward, lawmakers decided to convene a study group on the issue.
Now, the bill has been brought back as an amendment to another measure. The House Rules Committee is scheduled to take up the proposal on Wednesday.
If the bill passes, Oregon could become the second state, after California, that's approved legislation allowing women to get birth control without a prescription.
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