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Nevada Lawmakers Approve Bill Protecting Out-of-State Abortion Patients

HeadlineMay 23, 2023

Nevada lawmakers have approved a measure that would protect from prosecution people from out of state who travel to Nevada seeking an abortion. The bill now heads to Republican Governor Joe Lombardo’s desk. Lombardo’s office said he hadn’t yet decided if he would sign it into law.

In related news, eight more women have joined a lawsuit against Texas’s near-total abortion ban, arguing the restrictions put their health and lives at risk as they were forced to carry out pregnancies despite experiencing medical emergencies. Five other women had initially filed the lawsuit in March.

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