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Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro gives a presentation during a Senate Commerce and Labor meeting of the 82nd legislative session on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023 in Carson City.

Nevada outlaws fertility fraud after Vegas doctor used own sperm to impregnate patients without consent

Nevada officially outlawed fertility fraud June 7 when Gov. Joe Lombardo signed SB309. The bill gained unanimous support in both houses of Nevada’s female-majority Legislature, which took on a variety of reproductive health policy matters this spring.

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