In a Friday afternoon ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Anne Traum granted a request from Planned Parenthood to pause the rollout of the law while it files a motion for a stay pending appeal in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Nevada's long-dormant law requiring minors to give parental notification before undergoing an abortion will go into effect at the end of the month, after a federal judge lifted a federal injunction that prevented the law from ever being enforced.

Of the seven Nevada-based centers and national hotline that Brown refers women to on his website, none refer for abortions. But most have tabs on their webpages about abortion, listing side effects and sometimes promoting misinformation about long-term effects. Many caution that women who choose to terminate pregnancies are frequently coerced and have regret, anxiety and guilt.

The second ballot measure is a failsafe in case the first one doesn’t move forward.

Reproductive rights are trying to place a question on the 2024 ballot to enshrine those rights in Nevada's constitution. A Carson City judge ruled the question was too broad, but an appeal is expected in the Nevada Supreme Court

Nearly half a century after her 1974 entry into the state’s rough-and-tumble public arena, it would be hard to find two words better than capable and honest to capture Sue Wagner’s character.

Campaign for Choice — underestimated at the time and overlooked since — organized in 1990 to pass a referendum which has locked down abortion rights in Nevada for more than 30 years.

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Last week, Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an executive order offering protections for anyone seeking or providing abortion services within the state. 

Nevada is a firmly pro-choice state with the protections from Roe v. Wade enshrined in state law and the majority of Nevadans consistently polling in favor of reproductive rights. But it’s the only state in the country that can imprison people for terminating a pregnancy under certain circumstances, according to Laura FitzSimmons, the Carson City-based lawyer now representing Frazier pro bono.

The Nevada Independent explains how a shift in federal abortion protections could affect the Silver State.

Republican Las Vegas attorneys Sigal Chattah and Tisha Black battle for the chance to face Democrat incumbent Aaron Ford in November for the title of Nevada’s “top cop.”

The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer with a ruling that would erode federal protections for abortion rights, refueling the polarizing debate in many of Nevada’s most competitive races.

“We have already seen an increase of patients coming from Texas, so that will only increase when folks are unable to access health care in Texas," said abortion rights advocate Lindsey Harmon. 

A bill to establish a state-managed public health insurance option cleared its first major legislative hurdle on Monday, passing the Senate on a party-line vote.

At least one legislator has lost their re-election bid, while several caucus-backed candidates remained locked in close contests as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in the wake of Tuesday's election.

As Reno navigates a housing shortage, the stress on city finances during a pandemic that devastated local revenues and a burgeoning population driven in part by global companies setting up shop in the region, candidates in four City Council races are battling to determine who will help guide the city through the next four years.

Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang surpassed fellow Democratic presidential hopeful Julián Castro in two Nevada polls last month. But at a progressive forum in East Las Vegas on Saturday, it was Castro whom the crowd warmed to with his Nevada-specific answers while Yang struggled to answer questions, including on Yucca Mountain.

Democratic presidential candidates flocked to Las Vegas on Wednesday for a forum addressing gun violence. But before or after their 30-minute, scheduled time slots at the forum, the nine participating candidates fanned out across Nevada — squeezing every ounce of productivity out of their trips to this early caucus state.