The measure would authorize the state to regulate abortion after “fetal viability” and would prevent the state from prosecuting an individual or entity for exercising their reproductive freedom or helping another person to exercise that right. “SJR 7 ensures that everyone in our state is protected in the strongest possible way from ever being denied reproductive health care and from being prosecuted for addressing their reproductive needs,” Assemblywoman Daniele Monroe-Moreno, D-North Las Vegas, said. Lawmakers voted 28-14 to approve Senate Joint Resolution 7, which would amend the constitution to guarantee the right to an abortion in the state. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)ĬARSON CITY - The Nevada Assembly voted along party lines Wednesday to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, a move they say became necessary after the U.S. Assemblywoman Danielle Gallant, R-Las Vegas, seen in February 2023 in Carson City.
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