The Nevada Supreme Court has unanimously reversed a lower court's decision, allowing a ballot question on reproductive freedoms to proceed. This ruling enables Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom to gather signatures for a November ballot initiative aimed at enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution. The group has already raised $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2024, with significant contributions from left-leaning organizations and national abortion rights groups. They have also successfully collected enough signatures to place the issue on the ballot.
The Nevada Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, has reversed a lower court ruling that had blocked an abortion rights initiative from being on the state's 2024 ballot.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that a proposed ballot question seeking to enshrine reproductive freedoms in the state constitution can be allowed, though the group behind it said Thursday they would not pursue such a question. https://t.co/4JJ7sfDVx7
A petition to protect reproductive freedoms in the Nevada Constitution can advance to the November ballot, the State Supreme Court ruled Thursday. https://t.co/S8S2Gr8b6a