{"schema":"abhortion.org/legislation.full/v1","id":"legality-us-nv","type":"legislation","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nevada","as_of_date":"2026-07-12","research_completed_date":"2026-07-12","headline":"Legal to 24 weeks; referendum-protected","summary":"Abortion is legal up to 24 weeks of pregnancy by a licensed physician, and after 24 weeks when necessary to preserve life or health.","machine_readable_summary":{"legal_classification":"gestational_limit","gestational_limit_weeks":24,"limit_measured_from":"last_menstrual_period","abortion_currently_available":"yes","ban_or_limit_enjoined":"false","mother_expressly_exempt":"false","mother_prosecutable_in_practice":"false","self_managed_abortion_criminalized":"unclear","abortion_charged_as_homicide":"false","fetal_homicide_law":"true","fetal_wrongful_death_action":"unclear","personhood_language_in_law":"false","personhood_contradiction":"true","medication_abortion_distinct_status":"false","mailing_pills_banned":"false","method_bans":[],"telehealth_prescribing_allowed":"unclear","physician_only_law":"true","provider_max_penalty":"Misdemeanor","helpers_criminally_exposed":"false","travel_assistance_criminalized":"false","civil_bounty_law":"false","shield_state":"true","waiting_period_hours":0,"state_scripted_counseling":"false","ultrasound_required":"none","in_person_visits_required":1,"parental_involvement":"enjoined","judicial_bypass_available":"not_applicable","spousal_consent_or_notice_on_books":"false","medicaid_coverage":"broader_than_hyde","private_insurance_restricted":"false","state_funding_posture":"unclear","rape_incest_exception":"not_applicable","exceptions_present":["life","physical_health","mental_health"],"major_pending_change":"true"},"links":{"html":"https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/nv.html","markdown":"https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/nv.md","summary_json":"https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/nv.json","full_json":"https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/nv-full.json","verbose_json":"https://www.abhortion.org/legislation/nv-verbose.json"},"overview":{"title":"Legal to 24 weeks; referendum-protected","summary":"Abortion is legal up to 24 weeks of pregnancy by a licensed physician, and after 24 weeks when necessary to preserve life or health.","description":"In Nevada, a person who is pregnant has the right to choose an abortion. The procedure must be performed by a licensed physician and is permitted without restriction up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. After 24 weeks, an abortion is permitted only when a physician determines it is necessary to preserve the pregnant person's life or health. Nevada's core abortion law (NRS 442.250) was approved by voters in a 1990 referendum and cannot be changed by the Legislature alone — any change would require another vote of the people. In 2024, voters also approved a proposed state constitutional amendment establishing a fundamental right to abortion, but it must pass a second vote in November 2026 before taking effect. A 1985 parental notification law for minors was blocked by the Nevada Supreme Court in May 2026 and is not currently enforced. Nevada also has a shield law (SB 131, 2023) that protects abortion providers and patients from out-of-state investigations.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"},{"name":"Cornell Legal Information Institute","href":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/nevada/NAC-442-120"},{"name":"Justia","href":"https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2026/91394.html"},{"name":"Nevada Legislature","href":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/SB/SB131.pdf"}]},"sections":{"definitions":{"title":"\"Abortion\" undefined in statute; regulated by procedure","summary":"Nevada's abortion statutes regulate the \"performance\" of abortion without a single statutory definition; associated regulations define commencement of pregnancy.","description":"Nevada's law does not contain a single statutory definition of \"abortion.\" Instead, the statutes regulate who may perform the procedure, when, and under what conditions. The administrative regulations define \"commencement of pregnancy\" as the time of conception, ovulation, or two weeks after the first day of the last normal menstrual period. The law does not explicitly address miscarriage management, ectopic pregnancy treatment, or IVF. The born-alive provision (NRS 442.270) requires the physician to take reasonable steps to preserve the life of any infant born alive after an attempted abortion, and failure to do so exposes the physician to homicide, wrongful death, and medical malpractice liability under general law.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Cornell Legal Information Institute","href":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/nevada/NAC-442-120"},{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-270"}]},"current_status":{"title":"Legal within 24 weeks; referendum-protected since 1990","summary":"NRS 442.250, approved by voters in 1990 and immune from legislative repeal, permits abortion by a licensed physician up to 24 weeks and thereafter for life or health.","description":"Abortion is legal in Nevada and protected by a statute that voters approved in a 1990 referendum. This means the Nevada Legislature cannot change or repeal the law on its own — any change would require another vote of the people. The law permits a licensed physician to perform an abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. After 24 weeks, abortion is allowed only when the physician believes it is necessary to preserve the pregnant person's life or health. The 24-week clock is measured from the commencement of pregnancy, which the state defines as the time of conception, ovulation, or two weeks after the first day of the last normal menstrual period — so in practice this aligns with roughly 24 weeks LMP (last menstrual period), the standard clinical measurement.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"},{"name":"Ballotpedia","href":"https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_7,_Abortion_Legal_to_24_Weeks_Statute_Referendum_(1990)"}]},"enforcement_status":{"title":"Core protections fully in force; parental-notice law enjoined","summary":"NRS 442.250 is fully enforceable. The 1985 parental notification law (NRS 442.255, 442.2555) was preliminarily enjoined by the Nevada Supreme Court on May 28, 2026.","description":"Nevada's core abortion protection (NRS 442.250) is fully in force and enforceable. No court has blocked it. The 1985 law that would require a minor to notify a parent or obtain judicial approval before an abortion (NRS 442.255 and 442.2555) was blocked by a federal court shortly after it passed and never enforced. In 2025, a federal court vacated that old injunction, but before the law could take effect, a Nevada state district court was asked to block it again. That court declined, but on May 28, 2026, the Nevada Supreme Court reversed and ordered a preliminary injunction, so the parental notification law remains unenforceable while the constitutional challenge proceeds.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia","href":"https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2026/91394.html"},{"name":"ACLU","href":"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/nevada-court-orders-state-medicaid-program-to-cover-abortion"}]},"exceptions":{"life":{"title":"Life exception after 24 weeks","type":"life","summary":"After 24 weeks, abortion is permitted when necessary to preserve the pregnant woman's life.","description":"After 24 weeks of pregnancy, an abortion may be performed when the physician has reasonable cause to believe it is necessary to preserve the pregnant person's life. The physician must document the clinical basis for this judgment in the patient's permanent medical record. The procedure must be performed in a licensed hospital.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"physical_health":{"title":"Physical health exception after 24 weeks","type":"physical_health","summary":"After 24 weeks, abortion is permitted when necessary to preserve the pregnant woman's physical health.","description":"After 24 weeks, abortion is permitted to preserve the pregnant person's physical health. The physician must document the medical basis for this determination in the patient's permanent record, and the procedure must be performed in a licensed hospital.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"mental_health":{"title":"Mental health exception after 24 weeks","type":"mental_health","summary":"After 24 weeks, abortion is permitted when necessary to preserve the pregnant woman's mental health.","description":"After 24 weeks, abortion is permitted when continuing the pregnancy would gravely impair the pregnant person's mental health. The physician must document this clinical judgment in the patient's medical record. The procedure must be performed in a hospital. Nevada's law is unusual in that it explicitly and separately names mental health alongside physical health as a valid basis for post-24-week abortion.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"rape":{"title":"No rape exception needed","type":"rape","summary":"Because abortion is legal up to 24 weeks for any reason, there is no need for a distinct rape exception in Nevada law.","description":"Nevada does not have a separate rape exception for abortion restrictions because it doesn't need one. Abortion is permitted for any reason up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, so a survivor of rape can access abortion care under the same rules as anyone else. After 24 weeks, the life and health exceptions would cover any circumstances in which continuing a pregnancy resulting from rape would gravely impair the patient's mental health.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"incest":{"title":"No incest exception needed","type":"incest","summary":"Because abortion is legal up to 24 weeks for any reason, no distinct incest exception exists or is needed.","description":"Nevada law does not include a specific incest exception because it isn't needed — abortion is available for any reason up to 24 weeks, including for a pregnancy resulting from incest.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"fatal_fetal_anomaly":{"title":"No distinct fetal anomaly exception","type":"fatal_fetal_anomaly","summary":"No separate fatal fetal anomaly exception exists because abortion is legal for any reason up to 24 weeks; post-24-week cases are governed by the health exception.","description":"Nevada law does not have a specific exception for fatal fetal anomalies, but it does not need one. Up to 24 weeks, abortion is available for any reason. After 24 weeks, if continuing a pregnancy diagnosed with a fatal fetal anomaly would gravely impair the patient's physical or mental health, the health exception would apply.","verification":"verified","confidence":"medium","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"ectopic_miscarriage_carveout":{"title":"No explicit ectopic/miscarriage carveout","type":"ectopic_miscarriage_carveout","summary":"Nevada's abortion statute does not contain an explicit carveout for ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage management, but these are generally not considered \"abortion\" under the regulated framework.","description":"Nevada's abortion laws do not specifically mention ectopic pregnancy treatment or miscarriage management. In practice, treatment for these conditions is not treated as abortion under Nevada law because the statutes regulate the elective termination of pregnancy, not emergency medical care. Standard medical care for ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage is available without restriction.","verification":"not_applicable","confidence":"medium"}},"methods":{"procedural_surgical":{"title":"Procedural abortion: permitted within statutory framework","summary":"Procedural (surgical) abortion is permitted under the same rules as all abortion in Nevada: by a physician, up to 24 weeks, or after 24 weeks for life or health.","description":"Procedural or surgical abortion — including dilation and evacuation (D&E) — is legal in Nevada under the same framework as all abortion care. Nevada has no method-specific bans such as \"dismemberment\" bans or \"partial-birth\" abortion bans. The procedure must be performed by a licensed physician. After 24 weeks, or when the fetus is viable, the procedure must be performed in a licensed hospital.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"medication":{"title":"Medication abortion: governed by same statute; physician-only","summary":"Medication abortion (mifepristone/misoprostol) is legal under the same 24-week framework, but the physician-only requirement may limit access via telehealth or non-physician prescribing.","description":"Medication abortion — using pills like mifepristone and misoprostol — is legal in Nevada under the same rules as procedural abortion. The law says that only a licensed physician may perform an abortion, which creates some uncertainty about whether advanced practice clinicians (such as nurse practitioners) may prescribe abortion medication. In practice, the physician-only requirement is the main legal barrier to expanded medication abortion access, including through telehealth. There is no state law banning the mailing of abortion pills into Nevada.","verification":"verified","confidence":"medium","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"},{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-253"}]},"self_managed":{"title":"Self-managed abortion: no explicit criminal prohibition","summary":"No Nevada statute explicitly criminalizes a pregnant person for self-managing an abortion; the fetal homicide statute (NRS 200.210) theoretically reaches anyone who kills an 'unborn quick child' but has never been applied to self-managed abortion.","description":"Nevada law does not have a statute that directly makes it a crime for a pregnant person to self-manage their own abortion. The abortion statutes (NRS Chapter 442) regulate who may perform an abortion — they target the provider, not the patient. The one law that could theoretically be used against a person who self-manages an abortion is NRS 200.210, which makes it manslaughter to willfully kill an \"unborn quick child\" by injuring the mother. This statute dates to 1911 and uses the archaic term \"quick child\" (meaning a fetus that has been felt moving). There is no record of this statute ever being used to prosecute a pregnant person for self-managing an abortion, and doing so would face significant constitutional challenges under the Nevada ERA and due process principles. In practice, the risk of prosecution for self-managed abortion in Nevada is extremely low.","verification":"verified","confidence":"medium","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-200/statute-200-210"}]}},"actors":{"who_may_perform":{"title":"Physician-only; no APRN/PA authorization","summary":"Only a physician licensed in Nevada (or a federal government physician) may perform an abortion; the law does not authorize advanced practice clinicians to do so.","description":"Nevada law says that only a licensed physician — a medical doctor (MD) or doctor of osteopathy (DO) — may perform an abortion. Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), physician assistants (PAs), and certified nurse-midwives are not authorized to perform abortions under current state law. The physician must exercise their best clinical judgment and use accepted medical practices. After 24 weeks or at viability, the abortion must be performed in a licensed hospital. There are no admitting-privileges requirements for physicians.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"},{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-449/statute-449-191"}]},"criminal_civil_exposure":{"pregnant_woman":{"title":"Woman not expressly exempt; no prosecutions in practice","summary":"Nevada's abortion statutes regulate providers, not patients; no statute expressly exempts the pregnant woman from liability, but no statute directly criminalizes her for obtaining an abortion either.","description":"Nevada law does not contain an explicit statement that a pregnant person cannot be prosecuted for obtaining an abortion. However, the abortion statutes (NRS Chapter 442) only regulate and penalize physicians and other providers — they do not mention criminal liability for the pregnant person. The only statute that could arguably reach the pregnant person is NRS 200.210, the fetal homicide law, but this has never been applied to a pregnant person who ends a pregnancy. In practice, there is no realistic risk of prosecution for a pregnant person who obtains or self-manages an abortion in Nevada. Nevada is a state where abortion is protected, not criminalized.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-257"}]},"physician":{"title":"Misdemeanor for informed consent violations","summary":"A physician who violates the informed consent, parental notification, or recordkeeping provisions faces a misdemeanor; performing an abortion outside NRS 442.250's framework is not separately criminalized by statute.","description":"Physicians who violate Nevada's informed consent rules (NRS 442.252-442.256) commit a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor in Nevada is punishable by up to 6 months in jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000. Nevada does not have a specific felony penalty for performing an abortion outside the statutory framework — the abortion statute itself (NRS 442.250) defines what is permitted but does not contain its own penalty clause. A physician who performs an abortion without a license could face prosecution under general medical practice laws for practicing medicine without a license. Physicians may also face professional discipline from the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners for violations of abortion regulations.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-257"},{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-270"}]},"prescriber_pharmacist":{"title":"No separate prescribing offense; general practice-law risk","summary":"Non-physician prescribers and pharmacists have no distinct statutory exposure under the abortion chapter; risk arises from the physician-only requirement and general unlicensed-practice statutes.","description":"Non-physician prescribers (such as nurse practitioners) and pharmacists face potential legal exposure not from a special abortion penalty but from the physician-only requirement in NRS 442.250. If a non-physician prescribes abortion medication, the legal question is whether this constitutes the unlicensed practice of medicine or a violation of the abortion statute's requirement that only physicians perform abortions. No Nevada pharmacist-specific abortion law exists. Pharmacists are generally protected when dispensing lawful prescriptions, but the legality of the underlying prescription matters. For an out-of-state prescription for abortion medication, Nevada's shield law (SB 131) protects providers, but the legal status of an out-of-state prescription filled by a Nevada pharmacy has not been tested.","verification":"verified","confidence":"low","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250"}]},"nurses_and_staff":{"title":"No direct liability; general accomplice exposure unlikely","summary":"Nursing and clinical staff assisting a physician in a lawful abortion face no distinct criminal or civil liability under Nevada's abortion statutes.","description":"Nurses and clinical staff who assist a physician in performing a lawful abortion in Nevada do not face criminal or civil liability under the state's abortion laws. The statutes target the physician performing the abortion. Since abortion is legal in Nevada, assisting with a lawful medical procedure is not a crime. If a physician were to perform an unlawful abortion, staff could theoretically be exposed under general accomplice-liability principles, but this has never been tested in Nevada and would likely be limited by the fact that NRS 442.257 (the only explicit criminal penalty in the abortion chapter) addresses informed-consent violations by the physician.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"other_helpers":{"title":"No liability for friends, family, or funders","summary":"Nevada has no law criminalizing or creating civil liability for anyone who helps a pregnant person obtain an abortion — whether by driving, paying, providing information, or offering emotional support.","description":"There is no law in Nevada that makes it a crime or creates civil liability for a friend, family member, employer, or anyone else who helps a pregnant person obtain an abortion. This includes giving a ride to a clinic, paying for the procedure, providing information about where to go, or helping with travel costs. Nevada does not have an \"abortion trafficking\" law or an SB8-style civil bounty law. The state's shield law (SB 131) further protects those who assist with reproductive health care from out-of-state investigations.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Nevada Legislature","href":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/SB/SB131.pdf"}]}}},"aiding_and_assisting":{"travel_assistance":{"title":"Travel assistance not criminalized","summary":"Nevada has no law criminalizing or penalizing assistance with travel for an abortion, whether in-state or out-of-state.","description":"Helping someone travel to get an abortion — whether within Nevada or to another state — is not a crime in Nevada. There is no \"abortion trafficking\" law that would penalize driving a minor or anyone else across state lines for abortion care. Nevada's shield law (SB 131) also protects people from out-of-state investigations related to reproductive health care that is legal in Nevada.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Nevada Legislature","href":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/SB/SB131.pdf"}]},"funding":{"title":"Funding an abortion is not criminalized","summary":"No Nevada law prohibits paying for another person's abortion, funding abortion travel, or operating an abortion fund.","description":"It is legal in Nevada to pay for someone else's abortion, to contribute to an abortion fund, to help pay for travel to obtain an abortion, or for an employer to reimburse abortion-related expenses. Nevada has no law restricting financial assistance for abortion. Abortion funds operate freely in the state.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"mailing_pills":{"title":"No state ban on mailing abortion pills","summary":"Nevada has no state law prohibiting the mailing of abortion medication into or within the state; federal FDA/Comstock Act questions remain open federally but are not state-imposed.","description":"Nevada does not have a state law that bans mailing abortion pills into or within Nevada. There is no state prohibition on receiving abortion medication by mail. The federal legal landscape regarding mailing abortion medication (including the Comstock Act) is unsettled, but Nevada itself imposes no additional barrier.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"providing_information":{"title":"Providing information is protected","summary":"No Nevada law restricts providing information about abortion; First Amendment protection applies.","description":"It is legal in Nevada to give someone information about abortion, refer them to a clinic, share a website, or otherwise provide educational resources about abortion. Nevada law does not restrict abortion-related speech or referrals.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Nevada Legislature","href":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/SB/SB131.pdf"}]},"civil_bounty":{"title":"No civil bounty law","summary":"Nevada has no SB8-style private civil enforcement mechanism allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers, helpers, or patients.","description":"Nevada does not have a law like Texas's SB 8 that allows private citizens to sue anyone involved in providing or assisting with an abortion. There is no civil bounty statute, no private right of action for abortion-related claims beyond ordinary medical malpractice, and no financial incentive for private enforcement of abortion restrictions.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"}},"procedural_requirements":{"waiting_period":{"title":"No mandatory waiting period","summary":"Nevada has no mandatory waiting period between counseling and the abortion procedure.","description":"Nevada does not require a person to wait any period of time between receiving counseling or information and having the abortion procedure. Once the informed consent requirements are satisfied, the abortion may proceed without delay.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-252"}]},"mandatory_counseling":{"title":"Informed consent required; no state-scripted biased counseling","summary":"Nevada requires a physician or qualified designee to provide specific oral information and obtain signed consent, but the law does not require state-scripted, medically contested statements.","description":"Before an abortion, Nevada law requires the physician (or a qualified person) to explain to the patient: that she is pregnant, the estimated gestational age, the procedure to be used, aftercare, and the discomforts and risks involved. The patient must be offered a chance to ask questions, receive a consent form, and sign it. This is standard medical informed consent, not state-scripted counseling. Nevada law does not require the provider to tell the patient that abortion causes breast cancer, psychological harm, or fetal pain — statements that some states mandate and that medical authorities dispute. An interpreter must be made available if the patient does not understand the language used.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-253"}]},"ultrasound_requirement":{"title":"No ultrasound requirement","summary":"Nevada law does not require an ultrasound before an abortion, nor does it require that ultrasound images be displayed or described to the patient.","description":"Nevada does not require a person to have an ultrasound before an abortion. There is no requirement that an ultrasound be performed, offered, displayed, or described. The physician is only required to inform the patient of the estimated gestational age, which can be determined by methods other than ultrasound.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"in_person_visits":{"title":"One in-person visit required","summary":"The informed consent process requires at least one in-person visit because the physician (or designee) must orally explain information and obtain a signed consent form.","description":"Nevada law effectively requires at least one in-person visit for an abortion. The informed consent process requires that the physician or qualified person orally explain certain information to the patient and that the patient sign a consent form. These requirements, as a practical matter, generally require the patient to be physically present. There is no additional mandatory waiting period, so the procedure can be performed during the same visit.","verification":"verified","confidence":"medium","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-253"}]}},"minors":{"parental_involvement":{"title":"Parental notification law enjoined; no requirement in effect","summary":"Nevada's 1985 parental notification law (NRS 442.255, 442.2555) is not enforceable; the Nevada Supreme Court ordered a preliminary injunction on May 28, 2026.","description":"As of now, minors in Nevada do not need to notify a parent or get parental consent before having an abortion. Nevada passed a law in 1985 requiring parental notification (not consent) for unmarried, unemancipated minors under 18, but this law was blocked by a federal court and never enforced. After the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision in 2022, the federal injunction was lifted, but abortion providers and a physician immediately challenged the law in state court. On May 28, 2026, the Nevada Supreme Court blocked the law from taking effect, finding that it was likely unconstitutional because it was too vague. The case is ongoing, but for now the law is not enforceable.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-255"},{"name":"Justia","href":"https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2026/91394.html"}]},"judicial_bypass":{"title":"Judicial bypass on books but enjoined","summary":"NRS 442.255 and 442.2555 provide for a judicial bypass procedure for minors, but it is currently enjoined along with the rest of the parental notification law.","description":"The parental notification law on the books includes a judicial bypass option: a minor could go to court and ask a judge to authorize the abortion without parental notice. The judge would decide based on whether the minor is mature enough to make the decision, is financially independent or emancipated, or whether notification would harm her best interests. The court must rule quickly — within 2 judicial days for the interview and 1 judicial day after for the decision — and if it misses the deadline, authorization is automatically granted. The minor has the right to a free attorney and an expedited appeal. However, this entire statutory scheme is currently blocked by court order and is not in effect.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-255"},{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-2555"}]}},"paternal_spousal_rights":{"consent_or_notice_laws":{"title":"No spousal or paternal consent/notice law","summary":"Nevada has no statute requiring a spouse's or the father's consent or notice before an abortion.","description":"Nevada law does not require a married person to get their spouse's consent or to notify the spouse before having an abortion. Similarly, the father of the pregnancy has no legal right to be notified or to consent to or veto an abortion.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"enforceability":{"title":"No law to enforce; Danforth and Casey foreclose such laws","summary":"Because Nevada has no spousal/paternal consent or notice law, enforceability is moot; controlling Supreme Court precedent (Danforth, Casey) would foreclose any such law if enacted.","description":"Since Nevada does not have a spousal or paternal consent law, there is nothing to enforce. Even if Nevada were to pass such a law, it would be unconstitutional under long-standing U.S. Supreme Court decisions that say a state cannot give a husband or father veto power over a pregnant person's decision about abortion. Whether Dobbs changes this — by eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion — is an open question, but the Nevada Constitution's proposed amendment (if approved again in 2026) would independently protect abortion rights.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"other_paternal_rights":{"title":"No distinct paternal rights; fetal homicide and wrongful death unclear","summary":"A father has no right to prevent an abortion; Nevada law is unsettled on whether a father has standing to bring a wrongful death action for a fetus.","description":"A father or potential father has no legal right under Nevada law to prevent a pregnant person from having an abortion. Nevada does not allow a father to seek a court order blocking an abortion. The question of whether a father could bring a wrongful death lawsuit for the death of a fetus (for example, if a third party caused the pregnancy loss) is unsettled in Nevada. Nevada's wrongful death statute (NRS 41.085) allows heirs and personal representatives to sue, but Nevada courts have not clearly ruled on whether an unborn child qualifies as a \"decedent\" under this statute. Some lower courts have recognized wrongful death claims for viable fetuses in other states, but Nevada has no controlling precedent.","verification":"verified","confidence":"low","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-41/statute-41-085"},{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-270"}]}},"fetal_personhood":{"fetal_homicide_law":{"title":"Fetal homicide at quickening; abortion context exempted","summary":"NRS 200.210 makes it manslaughter to willfully kill an \"unborn quick child\" by injuring the mother; this is a Category B felony (1-10 years, $10,000 fine). The statute does not apply to lawful abortion.","description":"Nevada has a fetal homicide law that makes it manslaughter — a serious felony punishable by 1 to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine — to willfully kill an \"unborn quick child\" by injuring the pregnant person. \"Quick child\" is an old legal term meaning a fetus that has been felt moving, which typically happens around 16 to 20 weeks of pregnancy. This law is designed to punish third parties who attack a pregnant person and cause the loss of the pregnancy — it is not meant to apply to lawful abortion. The statute contains no explicit exception for lawful abortion, but it has never been applied in the abortion context in Nevada.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-200/statute-200-210"}]},"wrongful_death":{"title":"Wrongful death for fetus: unsettled","summary":"It is unsettled whether Nevada's wrongful death statute (NRS 41.085) encompasses a fetus; no controlling Nevada Supreme Court precedent directly addresses this question.","description":"Whether a family can bring a wrongful death lawsuit for the death of an unborn child in Nevada is not clearly settled. Nevada's wrongful death law allows lawsuits when a person's death is caused by someone else's wrongful act, but the law does not explicitly say whether an unborn child counts as a \"person\" for this purpose. The Nevada Supreme Court has not issued a definitive ruling. Many courts in other states allow wrongful death claims for viable fetuses — fetuses that could survive outside the womb — but Nevada has not clearly joined them. The born-alive law (NRS 442.270) allows wrongful death claims for an infant born alive after an attempted abortion who then dies because of the physician's failure to take reasonable steps to preserve its life.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"low","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-41/statute-41-085"}]},"personhood_definition":{"title":"No explicit fetal personhood definition","summary":"Nevada has no statutory or constitutional provision that defines 'person,' 'human being,' or 'child' to include an unborn fetus for all purposes.","description":"Nevada does not have a law that declares a fetus to be a person with full legal rights from conception. Unlike some states that have enacted \"fetal personhood\" laws, Nevada has not amended its statutes or constitution to define personhood as beginning at fertilization or conception.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"contradictions_analysis":"Nevada's treatment of fetal personhood contains notable internal contradictions. NRS 200.210 criminalizes the willful killing of an \"unborn quick child\" as manslaughter — a Category B felony carrying 1 to 10 years in prison — treating the fetus as a victim of homicide for purposes of third-party violence once quickening has occurred. Simultaneously, NRS 442.250 permits a physician to terminate that same \"unborn quick child\" as a lawful abortion up to 24 weeks (well past quickening), and after 24 weeks when necessary to preserve the life or health of the pregnant woman. The same code thus both protects and permits the termination of a quickened fetus depending entirely on the identity and purpose of the actor — a third party who attacks the pregnant person commits a felony, while a physician performing a lawful abortion commits no crime. The distinction turns not on the status of the fetus but on the consent of the pregnant person and the identity of the actor. NRS 200.210, enacted in 1911, predates NRS 442.250 by more than 60 years, and the two statutes have never been reconciled by the Nevada Supreme Court. The born-alive provision (NRS 442.270) adds another layer: if an abortion results in a live birth, the physician must take all reasonable steps to preserve the infant's life or face criminal homicide and civil wrongful-death liability. This reflects a legislative judgment that personhood attaches at live birth, not before. The absence of an express mother-exemption in NRS 200.210 creates further tension: if a pregnant person herself causes the death of an unborn quick child, the statute's plain text could arguably apply, yet this has never been tested in Nevada and would be difficult to reconcile with the state's abortion-protective framework. The pending constitutional amendment (Question 6), if approved in 2026, would establish abortion as a fundamental right and likely supersede these contradictions in favor of the pregnant person's decisional autonomy, at least as a matter of state constitutional law."},"telehealth_and_interstate":{"telehealth_prescribing":{"title":"Telehealth prescribing: not expressly prohibited; physician-only barrier","summary":"Nevada has no explicit ban on telehealth prescribing for abortion medication, but the physician-only requirement and in-person informed consent provisions create practical barriers.","description":"Nevada law does not explicitly ban prescribing abortion medication through telehealth. However, two features of Nevada law create barriers: (1) only a licensed physician may perform an abortion, so a non-physician prescriber using telehealth would face legal risk; and (2) the informed consent process requires an oral explanation and a signed consent form, which as a practical matter usually requires an in-person visit. Some providers have navigated these requirements through hybrid models (telehealth consultation followed by in-person dispensing), but purely remote abortion care via telehealth occupies a legally gray area that has not been resolved by Nevada courts or regulators.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"low"},"out_of_state_travel":{"title":"Out-of-state travel: fully lawful","summary":"Nevada residents may lawfully travel to other states for abortion care, and Nevada imposes no restriction on such travel.","description":"There is no law in Nevada that restricts a person from traveling to another state to get an abortion. Nevada residents are free to leave the state for abortion care and return without legal consequence. Nevada does not attempt to apply its abortion laws to conduct that occurs outside Nevada.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"shield_or_hostile_laws":{"title":"Shield state — SB 131 protections","summary":"Nevada enacted a comprehensive shield law (SB 131, 2023) that protects abortion providers, patients, and helpers from out-of-state investigations, extradition, and professional discipline.","description":"Nevada is a \"shield state.\" In 2023, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed Senate Bill 131, which provides several layers of protection for people involved in reproductive health care that is legal in Nevada. The law: (1) prohibits the Governor from extraditing someone to another state for charges related to reproductive health care services that are legal in Nevada; (2) forbids state agencies from assisting out-of-state investigations into reproductive health care; (3) protects health care providers from professional discipline for providing reproductive health care that is lawful in Nevada, even if disciplined in another state; and (4) requires licensing boards to study reciprocal licensing for out-of-state providers. The law defines \"reproductive health care services\" broadly to include abortion, contraception, and related counseling and referral services.","verification":"verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"Nevada Legislature","href":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/SB/SB131.pdf"}]}},"funding_and_insurance":{"medicaid":{"title":"Medicaid must cover abortion under ERA ruling","summary":"Nevada's Medicaid program must cover abortion following a final court order in Silver State Hope Fund v. Nevada DHHS (Aug. 2024), which held the coverage ban violated the Nevada Equal Rights Amendment.","description":"Nevada's Medicaid program is now required to cover abortion care. In 2024, a Nevada state court ruled that the state's ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion violated the Nevada Equal Rights Amendment — the state constitutional provision that prohibits sex discrimination. The court issued a final order requiring Nevada Medicaid to update its policy and cover abortion. The state did not appeal, so the ruling is final and binding. This means low-income Nevadans on Medicaid can now get abortion care covered, going beyond the federal Hyde Amendment (which only requires coverage for abortion in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment).","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high","sources":[{"name":"ACLU","href":"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/nevada-court-orders-state-medicaid-program-to-cover-abortion"},{"name":"50 Constitutions / State Democracy Research Initiative","href":"https://50constitutions.org/nv/constitution/section-id-142182"}]},"private_insurance":{"title":"No ban on private insurance abortion coverage","summary":"Nevada does not prohibit private health insurance plans from covering abortion; coverage depends on the specific plan.","description":"Nevada does not restrict private health insurance plans from covering abortion care. Whether a particular insurance plan covers abortion depends on the terms of that specific plan. Some plans cover it; some do not. Nevada does not mandate that private plans cover abortion, nor does it prohibit them from doing so.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"exchange_plans":{"title":"No state restriction on marketplace plan coverage","summary":"Nevada imposes no additional state-law restrictions on ACA marketplace plan abortion coverage beyond federal requirements.","description":"Nevada does not impose extra restrictions on whether Affordable Care Act marketplace health plans can cover abortion. Federal rules apply: marketplace plans may cover abortion, but they must segregate funds so that no federal money is used for abortion services except in cases of rape, incest, or life endangerment. Nevada has not opted to ban abortion coverage in marketplace plans, as some states have.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"},"state_funding_of_providers":{"title":"No defunding statute; no affirmative provider funding","summary":"Nevada has no statute that defunds abortion providers or, conversely, that affirmatively appropriates state funds to abortion providers beyond standard Medicaid reimbursement.","description":"Nevada does not have a law that blocks state funding from going to organizations that provide abortion care (sometimes called a \"defunding\" law). Organizations like Planned Parenthood are eligible for state funding for non-abortion services. At the same time, Nevada does not have a dedicated state fund for abortion providers. Medicaid now covers abortion care as a result of the Silver State Hope Fund court ruling.","verification":"semi_verified","confidence":"high"}}},"penalties":[{"actor":"Physician (informed consent, parental notification, recordkeeping violations)","offense":"Violation of NRS 442.252 to 442.256 (informed consent, parental notification, recordkeeping)","penalty":"Misdemeanor: up to 6 months in county jail, fine up to $1,000 (NRS 193.150); plus potential Board of Medical Examiners discipline","verification":"verified","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-257"}]},{"actor":"Physician (born-alive violation)","offense":"Failure to take reasonable steps to preserve life of infant born alive after attempted abortion (NRS 442.270)","penalty":"Criminal homicide liability (murder/manslaughter under general homicide statutes), civil wrongful death, medical malpractice. Penalty depends on underlying homicide charge: Category A or B felony.","verification":"verified","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-270"}]},{"actor":"Any person (third-party fetal homicide)","offense":"Manslaughter: willfully killing an unborn quick child by injury to the mother (NRS 200.210)","penalty":"Category B felony: 1-10 years in state prison, fine up to $10,000","verification":"verified","sources":[{"name":"Justia (Nevada Revised Statutes)","href":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-200/statute-200-210"}]},{"actor":"Physician (unlicensed practice / abortion outside statutory framework)","offense":"No specific statutory penalty in abortion chapter for performing abortion outside NRS 442.250 parameters","penalty":"Potentially practicing medicine without a license (category B felony depending on circumstances) or Board of Medical Examiners professional discipline. No reported cases.","verification":"semi_verified"},{"actor":"Pregnant woman (obtaining or self-managing abortion)","offense":"No statutory offense in abortion chapter","penalty":"None under NRS Chapter 442. Theoretical exposure under NRS 200.210 (unborn quick child) untested in Nevada courts.","verification":"semi_verified"}],"recent_changes":[{"date":"2022-06-24","event":"Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overrules Roe v. Wade. Nevada's statutory abortion protection (NRS 442.250, protected by 1990 referendum) remains in full force; the state's abortion regime is unaffected by the loss of federal constitutional protection."},{"date":"2022-11-08","event":"Nevada voters ratify the Nevada Equal Rights Amendment (Article 1, Section 24), prohibiting denial or abridgment of rights on account of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, creed, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin.","sources":[{"name":"50 Constitutions","href":"https://50constitutions.org/nv/constitution/section-id-142182"}]},{"date":"2023-06-01","event":"Governor Lombardo signs SB 131, Nevada's reproductive health care shield law, prohibiting extradition and state-agency assistance for out-of-state investigations into reproductive health care lawful in Nevada, and protecting providers from professional discipline.","sources":[{"name":"Nevada Legislature","href":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/SB/SB131.pdf"}]},{"date":"2024-08-01","event":"Eighth Judicial District Court (Clark County) issues final judgment and order in Silver State Hope Fund v. Nevada DHHS, holding Nevada's ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion violates the state ERA and ordering Nevada Medicaid to cover abortion. The state does not appeal; the ruling is final.","sources":[{"name":"ACLU","href":"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/nevada-court-orders-state-medicaid-program-to-cover-abortion"}]},{"date":"2024-11-05","event":"Nevada voters approve Question 6, a proposed initiated constitutional amendment establishing a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability. The amendment requires a second voter approval in November 2026 to take effect.","sources":[{"name":"Ballotpedia","href":"https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_6,_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2024)"}]},{"date":"2025-03-01","event":"Federal district court vacates the 1991 permanent injunction against Nevada's 1985 parental notification law (SB 510, NRS 442.255, 442.2555), allowing the law to become enforceable for the first time. Planned Parenthood Mar Monte immediately files a state-court challenge.","sources":[{"name":"Courthouse News Service","href":"https://www.courthousenews.com/nevada-supreme-court-pauses-state-law-restricting-abortion-for-minors"}]},{"date":"2026-05-28","event":"Nevada Supreme Court reverses district court and orders a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the 1985 parental notification and judicial bypass law (SB 510), holding the provisions unconstitutionally vague and that the balance of hardships and public interest favor an injunction.","sources":[{"name":"Justia","href":"https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2026/91394.html"}]}],"pending_changes":[{"name":"Nevada Question 6 (2026) — Right to Abortion Constitutional Amendment","type":"ballot_measure","status":"Approved by voters in November 2024; requires second voter approval on November 3, 2026, to become effective as Article 1, Section 25 of the Nevada Constitution.","effect":"If approved, the amendment would establish a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient, performed by a qualified health care practitioner, without interference from the state. It would elevate abortion protections from the statutory level (subject to voter referendum to change) to the constitutional level (subject to constitutional amendment to change). It would also broaden the class of authorized providers from physicians to 'qualified health care practitioners.' The amendment would likely preempt any future legislative attempt to restrict abortion and would provide a state constitutional basis to challenge restrictions that survive the current statutory framework.","sources":[{"name":"Ballotpedia","href":"https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_6,_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2026)"}]},{"name":"Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. v. State of Nevada (ongoing merits litigation)","type":"litigation","status":"Preliminary injunction granted by Nevada Supreme Court (May 28, 2026); case remanded to Eighth Judicial District Court for further proceedings on the merits of the constitutional challenge to SB 510 (parental notification and judicial bypass for minors).","effect":"If the plaintiffs ultimately prevail on the merits, Nevada's 1985 parental notification law (NRS 442.255 and 442.2555) would be permanently struck down as unconstitutional under the Nevada Constitution. If the state prevails, the law would become enforceable, requiring physicians to notify a custodial parent or guardian before performing an abortion on an unmarried, unemancipated minor under 18, unless the minor obtains a judicial bypass or a medical emergency exists. The preliminary injunction standard (likelihood of success on the merits) suggests the statutes are vulnerable on vagueness grounds.","sources":[{"name":"Justia","href":"https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2026/91394.html"}]}],"key_authorities":[{"name":"NRS 442.250 — Core abortion permission and gestational limit","citation":"Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.250","type":"statute","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-250","why":"The central abortion statute: permits abortion by a licensed physician within 24 weeks, and thereafter for life or health; protected from legislative repeal by 1990 voter referendum."},{"name":"NRS 442.252 & 442.253 — Informed consent requirements","citation":"Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 442.252, 442.253","type":"statute","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-252","why":"Governs the informed consent process: oral explanation of procedure, risks, gestational age; signed consent form; interpreter availability."},{"name":"NRS 442.257 — Criminal penalty for informed consent violations","citation":"Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.257","type":"statute","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-257","why":"The sole criminal penalty in Nevada's abortion chapter: misdemeanor for violations of informed consent, parental notification, and recordkeeping provisions."},{"name":"NRS 442.255 & 442.2555 — Parental notification and judicial bypass (enjoined)","citation":"Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 442.255, 442.2555","type":"statute","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-255","why":"1985 law requiring parental notification for minors seeking abortion with judicial bypass; currently enjoined by Nevada Supreme Court."},{"name":"SB 131 (2023) — Reproductive health care shield law","citation":"2023 Nev. Laws ch. 131","type":"statute","url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/82nd2023/Bills/SB/SB131.pdf","why":"Comprehensive shield law: prohibits extradition, state-agency cooperation with out-of-state reproductive-health investigations, and professional discipline for providing lawful reproductive health care."},{"name":"NRS 200.210 — Killing of unborn quick child (fetal homicide)","citation":"Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.210","type":"statute","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-200/statute-200-210","why":"Makes it a Category B felony to willfully kill an 'unborn quick child'; the only statute with potential reach to self-managed abortion, though never applied in that context."},{"name":"NRS 442.270 — Born-alive infant protection","citation":"Nev. Rev. Stat. § 442.270","type":"statute","url":"https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-442/statute-442-270","why":"Subjects physicians to criminal homicide, wrongful death, and medical malpractice liability for failing to preserve the life of an infant born alive after an attempted abortion."},{"name":"Nevada Equal Rights Amendment (Article 1, Section 24)","citation":"Nev. Const. art. 1, § 24 (ratified 2022)","type":"constitution","url":"https://50constitutions.org/nv/constitution/section-id-142182","why":"Was the basis for striking down Nevada's Medicaid abortion coverage ban; could provide an independent constitutional foundation for abortion rights."},{"name":"Nevada Question 7 (1990) — Referendum protecting NRS 442.250","citation":"1990 Nev. Ballot Question 7","type":"ballot_measure","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_7,_Abortion_Legal_to_24_Weeks_Statute_Referendum_(1990)","why":"Made NRS 442.250 immune from legislative amendment or repeal; any changes to Nevada's core abortion law must go to the voters."},{"name":"Nevada Question 6 (2024/2026) — Proposed constitutional right to abortion","citation":"2024 Nev. Ballot Question 6","type":"ballot_measure","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_6,_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2026)","why":"If approved again in 2026, will add a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability to the Nevada Constitution."},{"name":"Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Inc. v. State of Nevada (2026)","citation":"142 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 40 (May 28, 2026)","type":"case","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2026/91394.html","why":"Nevada Supreme Court enjoined the 1985 parental notification law as unconstitutionally vague; the most significant abortion litigation in Nevada post-Dobbs."},{"name":"Silver State Hope Fund v. Nevada DHHS (2024)","citation":"Eighth Judicial Dist. Ct., Clark Cnty. (Aug. 2024)","type":"case","url":"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/nevada-court-orders-state-medicaid-program-to-cover-abortion","why":"Final order requiring Nevada Medicaid to cover abortion under the state Equal Rights Amendment; unchallenged by the state."},{"name":"NAC 442.120 — Definition of 'Commencement of pregnancy'","citation":"Nev. Admin. Code § 442.120","type":"regulation","url":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/nevada/NAC-442-120","why":"Defines when the 24-week clock starts: 'the time of conception, the time of ovulation or 2 weeks after the first day of the last normal menses.'"}],"research_notes":{"overall_confidence":"high","editor_notes":"Before publication, verify: (1) the full text of NRS 449.191 at the official Nevada Legislature website; (2) whether any Nevada Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Pharmacy, or Nursing Board guidance has been issued on non-physician abortion prescribing or telehealth; (3) whether the Nevada Legislature's 2025 session enacted any abortion-related legislation not captured here; (4) the current status of the Planned Parenthood Mar Monte litigation on remand to district court; and (5) whether the federal district court's 2025 order vacating the 1991 injunction has been appealed or further modified.","gaps":["The full text of NRS 449.191 (medical facility not required to allow abortions) was not independently verified; only the heading was confirmed from a search snippet.","The federal court order vacating the 1991 injunction against Nevada's parental notification law (issued in 2025) was not independently verified at a primary source; the existence of that order is confirmed by the Nevada Supreme Court's 2026 opinion and secondary reporting.","The regulatory definition of 'abortion' at NAC 442.110 could not be independently verified at a primary source URL.","Whether Nevada recognizes a wrongful death cause of action for a fetus is genuinely unsettled; no definitive Nevada Supreme Court precedent was located.","Whether non-physician prescribers (APRNs, PAs) may lawfully prescribe abortion medication in Nevada is unsettled; no regulatory guidance or Attorney General opinion was located.","Whether the informed consent requirements of NRS 442.253 can be satisfied via telehealth has not been addressed by any Nevada authority."]}}