Abortion in Nebraska
Legal up to the 12th week of pregnancy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abortion in Nebraska is legal up to the 12th week of pregnancy, after new legislation was signed in May 2023.[1][lower-alpha 1] In June 2023, a lawsuit was filed to challenge the state's abortion law. The legislation establishing the law contained provisions concerning both abortion and gender-affirming care, while the state constitution prohibits bills that legislate on multiple issues at once.[7]
In a 2014 poll conducted by the Pew Research Center, 50% of Nebraskan adults said that abortion should be legal in all or most cases while 46% said abortion should be illegal in most or all cases.[8]
The number of abortion clinics in Nebraska has fluctuated over the years, with eight in 1982, nine in 1992 and three in 2014. There were 2,270 legal abortions in 2014, and 2,004 in 2015.[citation needed]