Nebraska top court upholds law combining abortion and gender-affirming care restrictions

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Law doesn’t violate amendment to stick to one subject, although abortion and gender healthcare are ‘distinct’

A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming healthcare for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, the state supreme court ruled Friday.

The state’s high court acknowledged in its ruling that abortion and gender-affirming care “are distinct types of medical care”, but the law does not violate Nebraska’s single-subject rule because both abortion and transgender health fall under the subject of medical care.

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