Planned Parenthood has just filed a lawsuit in Nevada that seeks to allow the organization to keep teenagers’ abortions hidden from their parents.
For decades, Nevada’s Republican-led legislature has fought to enforce a law requiring that parents be notified before an abortion is performed on a minor.
Now, just as the law is on the verge of enforcement, a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood Mar Monte aims to keep the law in legal limbo, claiming that it violates the state’s constitution.
The law, passed in 1985, was immediately met with resistance.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals placed it on permanent hold, blocking its enforcement for years.
However, the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned the nationwide right to abortion, revived the issue, paving the way for the law’s potential enforcement.
Despite this, Planned Parenthood is once again trying to keep the law from going into effect by using the state’s newly passed constitutional amendments as a basis for its case.
In the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood argues that requiring parental notification is an extreme measure, claiming it delays access to abortion and increases the risk of harm to underage girls.
They suggest that alternatives, such as allowing minors