Vice President Kamala Harris continued her abortion tour on Monday, stopping in Las Vegas, Nevada, to promote a ballot measure that would create a constitutional right to abortion in the state.
Campaign officials said the Biden-Harris campaign will help gather signatures for the initiative while on the ground. Said CBS News.This measure is being led by the Union. called Nevada for Reproductive Freedom includes pro-abortion groups and Planned Parenthood affiliates.
of amendmentThe state constitution would be further expanded to include a “fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” including prenatal care, childbirth, postnatal care, contraception, vasectomies, tubal ligations, abortion, and “abortion care.” It will be. The proposed amendment would allow state legislatures to regulate abortions after the “period of fetal viability” (approximately 22 to 24 weeks of gestation), but would allow “the attending physician’s professional judgment to [the abortion] Medically shown to protect the life, physical or mental health of a pregnant individual. ”
A campaign official told CBS News that Harris is calling Nevada’s “an important step to protect against extremist state legislators who may try to pass a new ‘Trump abortion ban’ in the future.” He said he would encourage voters to support the campaign. Harris is stopping in Nevada after visiting Arizona in response to the state Supreme Court’s ruling upholding an 1864 law that restricted most abortions.
“Harris plans to campaign for re-election in Nevada, along with Arizona Sen. Eva Birch and others.
Nevada for Reproductive Freedom announced in early April that it needed more than 110,000 signatures and 102,362 signatures by June 26 to qualify for the 2024 ballot.
If the proposed bill is passed in November, it would need to be passed again in 2026 before it can be added to the Constitution. according to state law.
In Nevada, a 1990 referendum enacted a law allowing abortions up to 24 weeks into pregnancy.law I allow it Performing an abortion during pregnancy if the mother’s life is in danger or for health reasons.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
