Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP)

Nevada law subjects abortion providers to burdensome restrictions not applied to other medical professionals.

Restrictions on Where Abortions May Be Performed

Nevada places medically unnecessary restrictions on where abortions may be performed.

Among the most common TRAP regulations are those restricting the performance of abortions to hospitals or other specialized facilities, which require doctors to obtain medically unnecessary additional licenses, needlessly convert their practices to mini-hospitals at great expense, or perform abortions only in hospitals, an impossibility in many parts of the country.

Nevada requires that an abortion performed either after the 24th week of pregnancy, or if there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus surviving outside the womb by natural or artificial support systems, must be performed in a licensed hospital. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 442.250.2 (Enacted 1973; Last Amended 1985).

Restrictions on Who May Perform Abortions

Nevada prohibits certain qualified health care professionals from performing abortions

Only a physician licensed to practice in the state or employed by the U.S. government using accepted medical practices and procedures may perform an abortion. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 442.250 (Enacted 1973; Last Amended 1985).