Sept. 1, 2021
Carson
City, NV – Today,
Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following statement on Texas’ restrictive
abortion law that went into effect early Wednesday.
“Texas has directly attacked
the constitutional reproductive rights of its residents, who must be allowed to
access safe and legal abortions,” said AG Ford. “Our office will not sit
on the sidelines as these shameful and radical attacks on necessary healthcare
continue.”
“I want to assure Nevadans
that this law will have no effect on their rights. Our state first enacted
pro-choice statutes in 1973, and those have been updated and expanded in the
decades since. Our office will protect the Constitution, and we will protect
the rights and bodily autonomy of our citizens. We are working with several of
our colleagues around the country to determine the next best steps.”
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