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Nevada
Laws in Detail

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Nevada

Political Info and Laws in Brief

Executives

  • Governor Jim Gibbons (R) is anti-choice.
  • Lieutenant Governor Brian Krolicki's (D) position on a woman's right to choose is unknown.
  • Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto (D) is pro-choice.

Legislature

  • The Nevada Assembly is mixed-choice.
  • The Nevada Senate is mixed-choice.

ANTI-CHOICE LAWS

Refusal to Provide Medical Services

Nevada allows certain individuals or entities to refuse to provide women specific reproductive health services, information, or referrals.
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Restrictions on Low-Income Women's Access to Abortion

Nevada restricts low-income women's access to abortion.
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Restrictions on Young Women's Access to Abortion

Nevada has an unconstitutional and unenforceable law that restricts young women's access to abortion services by mandating parental notice.
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Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

Nevada law subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals.
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PRO-CHOICE LAWS

Contraceptive Equity

Nevada law requires health insurance plans that cover prescription drugs to provide the same coverage for contraception.
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Freedom of Choice Act

Nevada has an affirmative right to choose in its state law.
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Guaranteed Access to Prescriptions

Nevada guarantees that women's birth control prescriptions will be filled.
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Protection Against Clinic Violence

Nevada law protects women seeking reproductive health care and medical personnel from blockades and violence.
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OTHER RELEVANT LAWS

Informed Consent

Nevada has an abortion-specific informed consent law.
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Post-Viability Abortion Restriction

Nevada restricts post-viability abortions.
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88 percent of Nevada counties have no abortion provider

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Source: Guttmacher Institute

Click here for related bills currently being considered in Nevada.

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