Abortion
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Op-ed: Alabama Embryo Ruling Impacts NV Rights
By: Maite Guerra and Alan Morales Reproductive rights have been at the head of legal and ethical debates, confirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling declaring that frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children, creating a national conversation — and fears about our reproductive rights here at home in Nevada. As…
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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in major abortion access case
Tuesday’s hearing marks the first time the right-wing Court has listened to a case relating to abortion access since their decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022.
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80% of House Republicans support plan to cut Social Security, ban abortion, and restrict IVF
The Republican Study Committee’s proposed budget calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare and banning abortion after 15 weeks nationwide. It would also pose a threat to IVF and slash funding for rental assistance and programs that help build housing, and more.
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Biden attacks GOP abortion bans, vows to restore Roe during State of the Union
“Many of you in this chamber and my predecessor are promising to pass a national ban on reproductive freedom,” Biden said to Republicans. “My God, what freedoms will you take away next?”
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First over-the-counter birth control pill will go on sale this month
Upon hitting store shelves, Opill will become the most effective birth control method available without a prescription.
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Groups formally launch campaign to enshrine abortion protections in Nevada constitution
State law allows for any person in Nevada who is pregnant to have an abortion in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. The proposed amendment to the constitution would further enshrine abortion protections by cementing those rights in the state constitution.
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Nevada Democratic lawmakers back federal bill protecting IVF
“Anti-choice extremists made it clear that overturning Roe v. Wade was just the beginning, and last week they took it a step further when the Alabama Supreme Court tried to block women’s access to IVF,” Sen. Jacky Rosen said in a statement Tuesday.
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‘Gut punch after gut punch’: IVF patients speak out after Alabama ruling
IVF patients speak out after Alabama ruling regarding IVF embryos. Here’s what you need to know about the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling.
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Not just abortion: IVF ruling next phase in the right’s war on reproductive freedom
The Alabama Supreme Court directly cited the Dobbs decision—in which the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—in its ruling that effectively bans IVF in the state. But amid furious public backlash, Donald Trump and Republicans have raced to distance themselves from the ruling they made possible.
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Inicia campaña Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom para garantizar el acceso al aborto
En un rally efectuado el sábado 24 de febrero de 2024 en el Campus North Las Vegas del Colegio del Sur de Nevada (CSN), voluntarios y simpatizantes iniciaron la campaña de recolección de firmas para calificar una enmienda constitucional sobre el derecho al aborto para la boleta electoral de Nevada de 2024.
