The judge said the proposal was too broad, misleading, and contained an unfunded mandate in violation of Nevada’s existing laws.
A judge in Nevada has struck down a petition from pro-abortion groups to place a question on the 2024 ballot aiming to make access to abortion a constitutional right across the battleground state.
In an opinion handed down Tuesday, District Court Judge James Russell ruled that the proposed measure—which would amend the Nevada Constitution to guarantee a right to “all matters relating to pregnancy” ranging from infertility care to birth control, vasectomy, abortion, and prenatal and postpartum care—is too broad to be added to the ballot as a single-subject question.
“The Petition embraces a multitude of subjects that amount to logrolling,” Mr. Russell wrote in the opinion, noting that the pro-abortion petitioners failed to offer any explanation as to how all those subjects are “functionally related” to each other.
“For instance, it is unclear how a vasectomy relates to infertility care or postpartum care,” he wrote. “Likewise, it is unclear how postpartum care is related to abortions or birth control. Thus, it is improper to characterize these broad categories as a ‘single subject.'”
“The Legislature could not reduce ‘reproductive health’ to