A 40-year-old dormant law requiring Nevada minors to notify parents before an abortion was enacted for the first time Tuesday evening.
In anticipation on Monday, Planned Parenthood launched a lawsuit to block the dormant law, Senate Bill 510, and to return the permanent injunction that had kept the 1985 law from being enforced.
“For decades, unmarried and unemancipated adolescents have been allowed to and trusted to make decisions related to their pregnancies without forced parental involvement or judicial involvement,” read the Planned Parenthood complaint to Nevada’s Eighth Judicial District Court.
After SB 510 was passed in 1985, it was quickly muzzled with a permanent injunction because it violated the landmark Roe V. Wade decision. When the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 federal right to abortion in 2022, it opened the door for state laws like SB 510.
But the law’s revival would see the statewide understanding of teenage abortion rights changed. Unmarried and unemancipated minors would be required to tell their parents about a decision to have an abortion. It would not require the parents’ approval.
An estimated 18% of abortions nationally are performed on teenagers, as per a 2016 study. Asked what they would do if forced to tell a parent before an abortion, 9% of teenagers said they would instead conduct the dangerous procedure themselves. Laws requiring parental notification are currently present in 36 states.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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