Abortion will be decriminalized and doctors won’t have to record a woman’s age before performing one under a Nevada law signed May 31.
The legislation signed by Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) is dubbed the Trust Nevada Women Act. It passed mostly on party lines in the Democrat-led Legislature.
The bill to repeal criminal penalties for abortions in some cases comes as other states have recently acted to restrict the procedure. Nevada, which has the country’s first female-majority Legislature, moved to revise abortion provisions supporters call antiquated.
The measure “repeals outdated criminal penalties for abortion and aligns antiquated informed consent laws ...
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