Desde que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos anuló Roe v. Wade el verano pasado, docenas de estados -liderados por republicanos- han instituido prohibiciones del aborto, impidiendo que decenas de millones de mujeres accedan a servicios de aborto. En Nevada, sin embargo, los votantes optaron por codificar el derecho a abortar bajo una ley estatal en 1990, una medida que sólo puede revertirse con otra votación.
As a reproductive rights group continues to fight to enshrine abortion rights in the Nevada Constitution, what are the reproductive health care rights currently afforded in the Silver State?
In Missouri, Republicans have introduced bills to charge women who have abortions with murder, while in Texas, a mom was forced to flee the state to get an abortion in order to protect her own health—situations made possible by Donald Trump and the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
A judge has rejected a proposed ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution, but the effort's backers have vowed to appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court.
These wins indicate that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for voters heading into the 2024 presidential election.
Although these pharmacies dispensing the drug marks a victory for reproductive freedom, a looming Supreme Court case could cut off access to the medication in states where abortion is still legal.
The Republican presidential primary field is full of anti-abortion candidates, but amid massive electoral backlash to abortion bans, some candidates are attempting to backpedal or soften their stances on the campaign trail, or ignore the issue altogether.
The Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom coalition seeks to cement in the state constitution “the right to abortion, birth control, prenatal, birth, and postpartum care, tubal ligation, vasectomy, and infertility care.”
México despenalizó el aborto justo antes de que Estados Unidos hiciera lo contrario y pusiera fin a casi 50 años de derechos federales al aborto. Desde entonces, activistas han ayudado a personas del lado estadounidense a obtener píldoras abortivas, especialmente a las poblaciones inmigrantes vulnerables a las que se les ha impedido el acceso.
