Nevada already protects abortion, but advocates aren't taking any chances post-Dobbs
Despite neighboring states with various levels of restrictions, Nevada voters approved an abortion referendum more than 30 years ago.
In 1990, 63% of Nevadans endorsed a law allowing abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy and later to preserve the life or health of the patient. The state has expanded abortion protections since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022 overturned the federal right to abortion.
Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo signed legislation in 2023 approved by the Democratic-led legislature that shields patients and providers from out-of-state investigations related to reproductive health care. Under former Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak, the state decriminalized medication abortions, nixed informed consent laws and got rid of other restrictions under 2019’s Trust Nevada Women Act.
And an order finalized on Thursday allows the state Medicaid program to cover abortions for low-income Nevadans. An abortion fund and the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services over the ban last year. In March, a judge ruled that restrictions on Medicaid funds for abortion care violated the Equal Rights Amendment voters approved in 2022. The state never challenged the ruling.
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