RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge has approved a petition by abortion access advocates as eligible for signature gathering in their long-standing attempt to get abortion rights on the 2024 ballot.
Abortion rights up to 24 weeks are already codified into Nevada law through a 1990 referendum vote, where two-thirds of voters were in favor.
The petition would have included protections for “matters relating to their pregnancies” including prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, vasectomies, tubal ligations, abortion and abortion care as well as care for miscarriages and infertility.
“Abortion rights are not the only form of reproductive freedom under attack across the country,” Hamon said.
Lawmakers in Nevada’s Democratic-controlled Legislature are also attempting to get reproductive rights including abortion access in front of voters on the 2026 ballot.
Persons:
James T, Russell, Lindsey Hamon, ” Hamon, Roe, Wade, ___ Stern, Stern
Organizations:
Carson, Reproductive Freedoms, Nevada Supreme, Supreme, Lawmakers, Nevada’s Democratic, Assembly, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America
Locations:
RENO, Nev, Nevada, U.S, New York, Maryland, Missouri, Arizona