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Lawsuit Seeks to Enforce Parental Notification for Minors Seeking An Abortion

December 5, 2023 2:51 pmDecember 11, 2023 1:50 pm

Parental notification for minor girls seeking an abortion was passed overwhelmingly by a bipartisan legislature and signed into law in 1985 by Democratic governor Richard Bryan. NRS 442.255 and NRS 442.2555 require one-parent notification with an optional judicial bypass for those situations where a teen feels endangered. The parental-notice law...

Lombardo Instructs DHHS To Remove Politicized Language Targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers

June 28, 2023 11:11 amJune 29, 2023 1:47 pm

In response to a petition circulated by Nevada Right for Life and in reversal of former Democratic Governor Steve Sisolak’s rhetoric, Governor Joe Lombardo instructed the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to remove politicized language targeting Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC) from the State’s abortion website. The Nevada Current...