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As of May 14, 2019, the state prohibited abortions after the fetus was viable, generally some point between week 24 and 28. This period uses a standard defined by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] in 1973 with the [[Roe v. Wade|''Roe v. Wade'']] ruling.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/abortion-laws-states.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/abortion-laws-states.html|title=Abortion Bans: 8 States Have Passed Bills to Limit the Procedure This Year|last=Lai|first=K. K. Rebecca|date=2019-05-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
As of May 14, 2019, the state prohibited abortions after the fetus was viable, generally some point between week 24 and 28. This period uses a standard defined by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] in 1973 with the [[Roe v. Wade|''Roe v. Wade'']] ruling.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/abortion-laws-states.html,%20https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/abortion-laws-states.html|title=Abortion Bans: 8 States Have Passed Bills to Limit the Procedure This Year|last=Lai|first=K. K. Rebecca|date=2019-05-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


Florida, Nevada, and New York had laws prohibiting abortions after 24-weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://family.findlaw.com/reproductive-rights/abortion-laws.html|title=Abortion Laws|website=Findlaw|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref> This law was still in place as of mid-May 2019.<ref name=":122">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/us/abortion-laws-2019.html|title=‘The Time Is Now’: States Are Rushing to Restrict Abortion, or to Protect It|last=Tavernise|first=Sabrina|date=2019-05-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Florida, Nevada, and New York had laws prohibiting abortions after 24-weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://family.findlaw.com/reproductive-rights/abortion-laws.html|title=Abortion Laws|website=Findlaw|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/abortion-law-by-state/|title=Are there *any* states working to protect abortion rights?|date=2019-05-17|website=Well+Good|language=en|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref> This law was still in place as of mid-May 2019.<ref name=":122">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/us/abortion-laws-2019.html|title=‘The Time Is Now’: States Are Rushing to Restrict Abortion, or to Protect It|last=Tavernise|first=Sabrina|date=2019-05-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-05-24|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/abortion-law-by-state/|title=Are there *any* states working to protect abortion rights?|date=2019-05-17|website=Well+Good|language=en|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref> The law also required that abortions be done by licensed physicians.  In situations where abortions take place after 24 weeks, the law said that the procedure needed to take place at a licensed hospital.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-442.html#NRS442Sec250|title=NRS: CHAPTER 442 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH; ABORTION|website=www.leg.state.nv.us|access-date=2019-05-25}}</ref>

SB 179, which would decriminalize medicated abortions, was scheduled to be voted on in late May 2019.<ref name=":3" />  


=== Judicial history ===
=== Judicial history ===

Revision as of 18:47, 25 May 2019

Abortion in Nevada is legal.


Terminology

Main article: Abortion

The abortion debate most commonly relates to the "induced abortion" of an embryo or fetus at some point in a pregnancy, which is also how the term is used in a legal sense.[note 1] Some also use the term "elective abortion", which is used in relation to a claim to an unrestricted right of a woman to an abortion, whether or not she chooses to have one. The term elective abortion or voluntary abortion describes the interruption of pregnancy before viability at the request of the woman, but not for medical reasons.[1]

Anti-abortion advocates tend to use terms such as "unborn baby", "unborn child", or "pre-born child",[2][3] and see the medical terms "embryo", "zygote", and "fetus" as dehumanizing.[4][5] Both "pro-choice" and "pro-life" are examples of terms labeled as political framing: they are terms which purposely try to define their philosophies in the best possible light, while by definition attempting to describe their opposition in the worst possible light. "Pro-choice" implies that the alternative viewpoint is "anti-choice", while "pro-life" implies the alternative viewpoint is "pro-death" or "anti-life".[6] Some right-to-lifers use the term "pro-abort" to refer to pro-choice organizations and individuals.[7] The Associated Press encourages journalists to use the terms "abortion rights" and "anti-abortion".[8]


History

In 2014, 62% of adults said in a poll by the Pew Research Center that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.[9]

Legislative history

The state was one of 10 states in 2007 to have a customary informed consent provision for abortions.[10]

In August 2018, the state had a law to protect the right to have an abortion.[11]

As of May 14, 2019, the state prohibited abortions after the fetus was viable, generally some point between week 24 and 28. This period uses a standard defined by the US Supreme Court in 1973 with the Roe v. Wade ruling.[12]

Florida, Nevada, and New York had laws prohibiting abortions after 24-weeks.[13][14] This law was still in place as of mid-May 2019.[15][16] The law also required that abortions be done by licensed physicians.  In situations where abortions take place after 24 weeks, the law said that the procedure needed to take place at a licensed hospital.[16][17]

SB 179, which would decriminalize medicated abortions, was scheduled to be voted on in late May 2019.[16]  

Judicial history

The US Supreme Court's decision in 1973's Roe v. Wade ruling meant the state could no longer regulate abortion in the first trimester.[18]


Clinic history

In 2014, there were 8 abortion clinics in the state.[19] In 2014, 88% of the counties in the state did not have an abortion clinic. That year, 9% of women in the state aged 15 - 44 lived in a county without an abortion clinic.[11]

In 2017, there were 3 Planned Parenthood clinics in a state with a population of 668,173 women aged 15 - 49 of which 2 offered abortion services.[20]

Statistics

In 2010, the state had 0 publicly funded abortions.[21]

Number, rate, and ratio of reported abortions, by reporting area of residence and occurrence and by percentage of abortions obtained by out-of-state residents
Location Residence Occurrence % obtained by out-of-state residents Year Ref
No. Rate Ratio No. Rate Ratio
Nevada 7,870 13.9 219 8,132 14.4 227 3.9 2014 [22]
Nevada 6,760 11.8 186 7,116 12.4 196 5.5 2015 [23]


Maternal and infant health

In 2017, the state had an infant mortality rate of 5.8 deaths per 1,000 live births.[24]

According to Megan Donovan, a senior policy manager at the Guttmacher Institute, states have legislation seeking to protect a woman's right to access abortion services have the lowest rates of infant mortality in the United States.[24]


Anti-abortion views and activities


Violence

Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon attempted to set fires at abortion clinics in Oregon, California, Idaho and Nevada during the late 1980s and early 1990s and eventually plead guilty for these cases of arson.  In 1993, she would be found guilty of attempted murder of Dr. George Tiller in 1993 at his Wichita, Kansas clinic.[25]

Footnotes

  1. ^ According to the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade:

    (a) For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgement of the pregnant woman's attending physician. (b) For the stage subsequent to approximately the end of the first trimester, the State, in promoting its interest in the health of the mother, may, if it chooses, regulate the abortion procedure in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health. (c) For the stage subsequent to viability, the State in promoting its interest in the potentiality of human life may, if it chooses, regulate, and even proscribe, abortion except where it is necessary, in appropriate medical judgement, for the preservation of the life or health of the mother.

    Likewise, Black's Law Dictionary defines abortion as "knowing destruction" or "intentional expulsion or removal".


References

  1. ^ Watson, Katie (20 Dec 2019). "JD". AMA Journal of Ethics. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2018.1175. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ^ Chamberlain, Pam; Hardisty, Jean (2007). "The Importance of the Political 'Framing' of Abortion". The Public Eye Magazine. 14 (1).
  3. ^ "The Roberts Court Takes on Abortion". New York Times. November 5, 2006. Retrieved January 18, 2008.
  4. ^ Brennan 'Dehumanizing the vulnerable' 2000
  5. ^ Getek, Kathryn; Cunningham, Mark (February 1996). "A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing – Language and the Abortion Debate". Princeton Progressive Review.
  6. ^ "Example of "anti-life" terminology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-11-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Horror: Violent mob of topless pro-abort feminists attacks praying men defending cathedral (VIDEO)". LifeSiteNews. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. ^ Goldstein, Norm, ed. The Associated Press Stylebook. Philadelphia: Basic Books, 2007.
  9. ^ NW, 1615 L. St; Washington, Suite 800; Inquiries, DC 20036 USA202-419-4300 | Main202-419-4349 | Fax202-419-4372 | Media. "Views about abortion by state - Religion in America: U.S. Religious Data, Demographics and Statistics | Pew Research Center". Retrieved 2019-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "STATE POLICY ON INFORMED CONSENT FOR ABORTION" (PDF). Guttmacher Policy Review. Fall 2007. Retrieved May 22, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ a b businessinsider (2018-08-04). "This is what could happen if Roe v. Wade fell". Business Insider (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-05-24. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ Lai, K. K. Rebecca (2019-05-15). "Abortion Bans: 8 States Have Passed Bills to Limit the Procedure This Year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  13. ^ "Abortion Laws". Findlaw. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  14. ^ "Are there *any* states working to protect abortion rights?". Well+Good. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  15. ^ Tavernise, Sabrina (2019-05-15). "'The Time Is Now': States Are Rushing to Restrict Abortion, or to Protect It". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  16. ^ a b c "Are there *any* states working to protect abortion rights?". Well+Good. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  17. ^ "NRS: CHAPTER 442 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH; ABORTION". www.leg.state.nv.us. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  18. ^ Buell, Samuel (1991-01-01). "Criminal Abortion Revisited". New York University Law Review. 66: 1774–1831.
  19. ^ Gould, Rebecca Harrington, Skye. "The number of abortion clinics in the US has plunged in the last decade — here's how many are in each state". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ "Here's Where Women Have Less Access to Planned Parenthood". Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  21. ^ "Guttmacher Data Center". data.guttmacher.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  22. ^ Jatlaoui, Tara C. (2017). "Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2014". MMWR. Surveillance Summaries. 66. doi:10.15585/mmwr.ss6624a1. ISSN 1546-0738.
  23. ^ Jatlaoui, Tara C. (2018). "Abortion Surveillance — United States, 2015". MMWR. Surveillance Summaries. 67. doi:10.15585/mmwr.ss6713a1. ISSN 1546-0738.
  24. ^ a b "States pushing abortion bans have highest infant mortality rates". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  25. ^ Jacobson, Mireille; Royer, Heather (December 2010). "Aftershocks: The Impact of Clinic Violence on Abortion Services". American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 3: 189–223.

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