Nebraska
Hostile
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe:
Nebraska is enforcing a 12-week abortion ban, with limited exceptions.
Restrictions
Nebraska law generally prohibits abortion at twelve weeks LMP[1]L.B. 574, 108th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess. (Neb. 2023)., twenty weeks post-fertilization and after viability.[2] Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-3106; id. § 28-329. In May 2023, advocates challenged the twelve week abortion ban in state court, however, the court dismissed the challenge.[3]Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Sarah Traxler v. Hilgers, No. CI 23-2820 (Neb. Dist. Ct. Aug. 11, 2023) (sustaining Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s challenge to the 12-week ban … Continue reading In 2020, Nebraska banned D&E procedures.[4]Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-347(1), 28-326 Pregnant people who seek abortion care must undergo a mandatory twenty-four-hour waiting period; biased counseling; and, if utilized, have an ultrasound at least one hour before an abortion.[5]Id. § 28-327. Nebraska also limits public funding for,[6] NEB. REV STAT. §§ 71-7606(3), 71-705; id. § 44-1615.01. and private insurance coverage of, abortion.[7]NEB. REV. STAT. § 44-8403. Nebraska law requires that a parent, legal guardian,[8]Id. § 71-6902. or judge[9]Id. §§ 71-6903 to 71-6905. consent to a minor’s abortion.
Nebraska’s targeted regulation of abortion providers (TRAP) laws include requirements related to facilities[10]Id. § 71-416(1), (2); 175 NEB. ADMIN. CODE § 7-003. and reporting.[11]NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-343. Nebraska law restricts the provision of abortion care to licensed physicians[12]Id. § 28-335(1). and restricts providers from using telemedicine for the provision of abortion care.[13]Id. § 28-335. Providers who violate Nebraska’s abortion restrictions may face civil and criminal penalties.[14]See, e.g., NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-327.04; id. § 28-3,108; L.B. 574, 108th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess. (Neb. 2023).
State Protections
Nebraska law does not include express constitutional or statutory protections for abortion. To the contrary, Nebraska’s policy preference to ban abortion to the fullest extent of the law: “the members of the Legislature expressly deplore the destruction of the unborn human lives which has and will occur in Nebraska as a consequence of the United States Supreme Court’s [Roe v. Wade] decision on abortion of January 22, 1973.”[15]Id. § 28-325(2)–(3).
Post-Roe Prohibitions
Nebraska repealed its pre-Roe ban in 1973.[16]NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 28-404, 28-405 (1943), repealed by 1973 Neb. Laws 806.
Conclusion
Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe, Nebraska has enacted a 12-week abortion ban.
References
↑1 | L.B. 574, 108th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess. (Neb. 2023). |
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↑2 | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-3106; id. § 28-329. |
↑3 | Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Sarah Traxler v. Hilgers, No. CI 23-2820 (Neb. Dist. Ct. Aug. 11, 2023) (sustaining Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s challenge to the 12-week ban based on the single subject rule), available at: www.aclunebraska.org/sites/default/files/aug-11-order-pp-hilgers.pdf.%5B/fn%5D The state has a prohibition on D&X procedures, although the Supreme Court held that the statute is unconstitutional.[fn]Id. § 28-328; Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 (2000). |
↑4 | Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-347(1), 28-326 |
↑5 | Id. § 28-327. |
↑6 | NEB. REV STAT. §§ 71-7606(3), 71-705; id. § 44-1615.01. |
↑7 | NEB. REV. STAT. § 44-8403. |
↑8 | Id. § 71-6902. |
↑9 | Id. §§ 71-6903 to 71-6905. |
↑10 | Id. § 71-416(1), (2); 175 NEB. ADMIN. CODE § 7-003. |
↑11 | NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-343. |
↑12 | Id. § 28-335(1). |
↑13 | Id. § 28-335. |
↑14 | See, e.g., NEB. REV. STAT. § 28-327.04; id. § 28-3,108; L.B. 574, 108th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess. (Neb. 2023). |
↑15 | Id. § 28-325(2)–(3). |
↑16 | NEB. REV. STAT. §§ 28-404, 28-405 (1943), repealed by 1973 Neb. Laws 806. |