A federal judge has ruled that Nevada can start enforcing a 40-year-old state law at the end of the month that requires parents be notified before a minor can get an abortion.

U.S. District Court Judge Anne Traum in Nevada said in a written decision that the 40-year-old law can take effect on April 30, but the judge also left open the possibility for abortion rights advocates to seek a court order blocking its reinstatement while they challenge the law’s constitutionality.

The requirement has never before been enforced in Nevada because of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that found it was unconstitutional based on Roe v. Wade. But after the Supreme Court reversed the landmark decision in 2022, stripping away constitutional protections for abortion, a group of district attorneys mostly in rural Nevada sued to restore the 1985 law.

Planned Parenthood argued that the 1985 law, despite the reversal of Roe, remains “unconstitutionally vague” and that it violates minors’ rights to due process and equal protection.

  • Fluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 day ago

    This law is gross. There should be no such thing especially when father’s rape their daughters and impregnate them, which is unfortunately all too common