Counseling Ban/Gag Rule

No funds appropriated or distributed under the Nebraska Health Care Funding Act may be used for abortion counseling or referrals.  Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-7606 (Enacted 1998; Last Amended 2007).

Family-planning services provided by the Department of Health and Human Services to help ensure the success of a welfare recipient's self-sufficiency contract may not include abortion counseling or referrals.  Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1722 (Enacted 1994; Last Amended 2007).

No funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services for STD services, pap smears, or treatments for the follow-up of abnormal pap smears may be used for abortion counseling or referrals.  L.B. 959, 100th Leg., 2nd Reg. Sess. (Neb. 2008) (Enacted 2008).

No funds expended or received by or through the Women's Health Initiative Fund shall be used for abortion referral or abortion services.  Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-705 (Enacted 2000; Last Amended 2005).