Posted on 12/02/2014 10:17:54 AM PST by Morgana
A Nevada law on the books for 30 years requires girls younger than 18 to tell at least one of their parents before getting an abortion, but it’s never been enforced because of a successful legal challenge.
Now, with the Republican takeover of both houses of the Nevada Legislature, fueled by an influx of fresh-faced conservatives, anti-abortion advocates say they’re going to take another run at reviving the statute.
“One of our highest priorities has been the parental notification law,” Melissa Clement, president of Nevada Right to Life, said. “We’ve always played defense because there hasn’t been enough (anti-abortion) lawmakers in the Legislature to get anything done. Now, we can play offense again.”
On the other side, a veteran Democratic lawmaker, Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton of Las Vegas, said she’s prepared to fight the effort. She anticipated there will be many more battles during the upcoming 2015 session between progressives and conservatives who have spent years in the minority, unable to even get a committee vote on some measures.
Carlton also plans to introduce a bill to prevent companies from citing religious grounds in refusing to provide contraception to workers covered by health insurance plans. Her proposed “Employee Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Act,” or Bill Draft Request 53-148, is in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year in the Hobby Lobby case. The high court allowed closely held, for-profit corporations that have strong religious views to be exempt from President Barack Obama’s health care law that mandates contraception coverage.
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congrats to each conservative on the ground in NV that helped elect one of the new state Reps to the capitol in Carson City.
A “keep up the good work” thanks to:
Melissa Clement, president of Nevada Right to Life
Not being from Nevada I would not know, but thanks!!!
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