After Roe Fell: U.S. Abortion Laws by State

Protected

Nevada

Abortion remains legal in Nevada. In 1990, Nevada voters passed a referendum safeguarding the state’s law legalizing abortion, and, in 2024 voters approved an amendment to the Nevada Constitution to protect abortion rights, which requires a second vote on November 3, 206, to be effective.

State Legal Details

Bans in Effect

  • Criminalization of Self-managed Abortion
  • Gestational Ban, Viability

Restrictions in Effect

  • Parental Involvement, Parental Notification Requirement
  • TRAP requirements: Providers, Reporting Requirement

State Protections

Nevada law includes express statutory protections for abortion,1 which were ratified by Nevada voters in a 1990 referendum.2 In 2024, Nevada voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to create the fundamental right to abortion until viability; however, this amendment requires a second vote in 2026 before it is effective.3 The state protects clinic access by prohibiting interference with entering or exiting a facility.4

On June 28, 2022, the Nevada governor issued an executive order prohibiting executive departments from cooperation with out-of-state investigations and legal actions, including extradition, relating to the lawful provision of abortion in Nevada. 5 The executive order also directed state licensing boards to implement policies to protect professional providing reproductive health care from discipline or license disqualification for providing lawful reproductive health care services.6

In 2023, Nevada enacted an interstate shield law that codified the protections of the 2022 executive order.7 The state also prohibits the collection and use of consumer health data, including abortion and gender-affirming care data , without consent8 and prohibits the use of a geofence within 1,750 feet of a medical facility that provides health care services.9

Restrictions

Nevada law generally prohibits abortion at twenty-four weeks post-fertilization,10 criminalizes self-managed abortion after twenty-four weeks of pregnancy11 and limits public funding for abortion.12 Abortions may only be provided after the pregnant person has given their written informed consent, during which the provider must inform the pregnant person of the estimated gestational age of the fetus.13 The state requires that a parent or legal guardian14 or a judge consent to a minor’s abortion.15 

Nevada law includes reporting requirements.16 The state restricts the provision of abortion care to licensed physicians.17 Providers who violate Nevada’s abortion restrictions may face civil and criminal penalties.18

Historical Restrictions

Nevada amended one pre-Roe ban in 1973 and repealed additional, unenforced pre-Roe bans in 2019.19

Conclusion

Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe, abortion remains legal in Nevada. In 2024, voters approved an amendment to the Nevada Constitution to protect abortion rights, which requires a second vote in 2026 to be effective.

  1. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.250. ↩︎
  2. Nev. Legis. Counsel Bureau, Nevada Ballot Questions 1990, Question No. 7, https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/VoteNV/BallotQuestions/1990.pdf. Nevada referendums may only be amended or repealed by another referendum, see Nev. Const. art. XIX, § 1(3). ↩︎
  3. Nev. Sec. of State, Statewide Ballot Questions 2024, Question No. 6, https://nevadacurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-Ballot-Questions-Guide.pdf. ↩︎
  4. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 449.531. ↩︎
  5. Nev. Exec. Order No. 2022-08 (June 28, 2022), https://gov.nv.gov/layouts/full_page.aspx?id=360658. ↩︎
  6. Nev. Exec. Order No. 2022-08 (June 28, 2022), https://gov.nv.gov/layouts/full_page.aspx?id=360658. ↩︎
  7. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 179.540 (barring the Governor from surrendering or issuing arrest warrants); 232.0088 (barring state agency cooperation with out-of-state investigations); 629.250 (protecting reproductive health care providers from professional disciplinary action).629. ↩︎
  8. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 603A.495; 603A.500. ↩︎
  9. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 603A.540. ↩︎
  10. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 442.250(1)(b)-(c) (allowing abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy only if the physician has reasonable cause to believe that the abortion is “necessary to preserve the life or the health” of the pregnant person). ↩︎
  11. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.220. ↩︎
  12. State of Nev., Medicaid Services Manual, §§ 603.3; 603.4F (2024), https://dhcfp.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/dhcfpnvgov/content/Resources/AdminSupport/Manuals/MSM/Medicaid_Services_Manual_Complete.pdf. ↩︎
  13. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 442.252; 442.253. ↩︎
  14. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.255 (requiring that a physician make a “reasonable effort” to notify the custodial parent or guardian of a minor seeking an abortion); see also Glick v. McKay, 937 F.2d 434, 442 (9th Cir. 1991) (affirming the district court’s permanent injunction for Nevada’s parental notification statute). The permanent injunction was lifted in Planned Parenthood Monte Mar v. Ford, 349 F.R.D. 213 (D. Nev. Mar. 31, 2025). On August 22, 2025, the Ninth Circuit granted the plaintiff’s motion to voluntarily dismiss its appeal. Planned Parenthood Monte Mar v. Pruyt, 25-2432, Dkt. No. 39 (9th Cir. 2025). ↩︎
  15. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 442.255; 442.2555. ↩︎
  16. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 442.260(2); 442.265; Nev. Admin. Code § 442.200. ↩︎
  17. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.250(1)(a). ↩︎
  18. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 442.270; 442.257. ↩︎
  19. NEV. REV. STAT.§ 200.220, amended by 1973 Nev. Laws ch 766,§ 7; NEV. REV. STAT.§§ 201.120, 2120 to 201.140, repealed by 2019 Nev. Laws ch 265, § 6. ↩︎