The U.S. Supreme Court building seen May 3, 2022 in Washington, D.C.
Associated Press
Staff and Wire reports
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
No matter what the U.S. Supreme Court does with Roe v. Wade, abortion will remain legal in Nevada.
That’s because supporters of a woman’s right to choose put a statutory referendum on the 1990 General Election ballot. Question 7 protecting the state’s abortion statute, NRS 442.250, was approved by nearly two-thirds of the state’s voters — 200,645 to 115,495.
Nevada’s statute permits a woman to get an abortion by a physician within the first 24 weeks of a pregnancy.
Because the statute was voter approved, it cannot be amended, repealed or otherwise changed except by a direct vote of the people.
That law has survived several attempts to overturn or modify it, most recently by now-former Attorney General Adam Laxalt.
According to a story by Politico, a draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide.
The court is expected to rule on the case before its term ends in late June or early July.
