Opinion ID: 1288346
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Heading: petitioner mabon's challenge

Text: Petitioner Mabon asserts that the Question and Summary portions of the Attorney General's ballot title fail to comply substantially with the requirements of ORS 250.035(1)(b) and (c), because they use the term pregnant woman, whereas the text of the proposed measure uses the term mother. We are not persuaded. The text of the proposed measure applies to all pregnant women; thus, the Attorney General's phrasing accurately conveys the chief purpose and major effect of the measure. See Oregon Citizen's Alliance v. Roberts, 308 Or. 599, 603-04, 783 P.2d 1001 (1989) (explaining use of the term pregnant woman in a ballot title for a similar measure). In this respect, the Attorney General's ballot title complies substantially with the requirements of ORS 250.035(1)(b) and (c).