The Nevada state Senate approves a bill that would strengthen existing protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers from outside prosecution and penalties.
said he would respect the will of voters who codified abortion rights up to 24 weeks in a 1990 referendum voteThe Senate voted 15-6 in favor of the bill Wednesday, with Republicans Carrie Buck and Minority Leader Heidi Seevers Gansert joining Democratic support for the bill. In a tweet following the vote, the Nevada Republican Party said it was “horrified” that the two Republicans voted for the measure.The bill would codify an executive order from former Gov.
The provisions became a major flashpoint in one of the closest governor’s races of the 2022 midterms. Former Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak implemented the provisions as an executive order after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, beforeLombardo originally said he would repeal the executive order before saying he would uphold it months later, a flip that Sisolak’s campaign repeatedly emphasized.
Lombardo’s spokeswoman Elizabeth Ray said in a text message that the governor “has encouraged the Legislature to send a clean bill codifying the previous executive order to his desk, and he looks forward to reviewing the proposed legislation.” During an interview with Las Vegas-based radio station KNPR in February, Lombardo indicated he would sign the bill into law if it gets to his desk as written.As many states restrict abortion access, including neighboring Utah and Idaho, Nevada Democrats have vowed to preserve abortion access.that would enshrine the already-existing abortion rights in the state constitution, which would make it much harder to repeal.
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