Coverage dated May 14, 2023 to May 19, 2023

Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors

Headline from Wyoming Tribune Eagle, on the newest of 3 developments

The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors. Conservative lawmakers wrangled just enough votes to end a filibuster,

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Developments in this update

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  1. Nebraska lawmakers about to vote on measure that would curb abortion, trans health

    Headline from Omaha World-Herald ·

  2. Nebraska Legislature votes to fold abortion ban into bill banning trans health care for minors

    Headline from Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ·

  3. Newest

    Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors

    Headline from Wyoming Tribune Eagle ·

Reports & sources

35 articles, oldest first.

  1. Omaha World-Herald

    Nebraska lawmakers about to vote on measure that would curb abortion, trans health (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Nebraska conservatives are pushing a bill that would restrict both transgender health care and abortion. On Tuesday, their combined strategy could give them a win — or a loss

  2. Fox News

    Nebraska lawmakers eye merging abortion crackdown, youth sex change ban into single bill (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Conservatives in the Nebraska Legislature are expected to merge two bills — one restricting abortion and another banning sex changes for minors — into one.

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Why Nebraska conservatives might combine abortion, trans health care bans (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session's most contentious proposals — one to restrict abortion access and another that would ban gender-affirming care for minors.

  4. Washington Times

    Nebraska conservatives gamble on combining abortion, trans health bans (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are taking what could be an all-or-nothing bet by proposing to merge two of the legislative session’s most contentious proposals - one to restrict abortion and another that would ban gender-affirming care for minors.

  5. WHEC Rochester

    Nebraska Legislature votes to fold abortion ban into bill banning trans health care for minors (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Conservatives in the Nebraska Legislature got just enough votes Tuesday to fold a proposed 12-week abortion ban into a bill that would ban gender-affirming health for minors.

  6. Beatrice Daily Sun

    Debate to combine transgender care, abortion bills begins early in Nebraska Legislature (opens Beatrice Daily Sun)

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    Beatrice Daily Sun's feed description

    Debate begins over a proposal to combine two of the most controversial bills introduced this session: a ban on gender-affirming care and a ban on abortions after 12 weeks.

  7. Fox News

    Nebraska lawmakers set to debate plan to tack on 12-week abortion ban to bill banning youth sex changes (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A plan to tack a 12-week abortion ban onto a bill banning youth sex changes will be debated by lawmakers in Nebraska. The debate is set for the night of May 16, 2023.

  8. Beatrice Daily Sun

    Photos: Nebraska Legislature considers bill on transgender health care and abortion (opens Beatrice Daily Sun)

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    Beatrice Daily Sun's feed description

    Dueling sides gather in the Rotunda during debate in the Nebraska Legislature on a bill to limit health care procedures for transgender youths (LB574) and ban abortion after 12 weeks.

  9. Omaha World-Herald

    Nebraska lawmakers advance trans health care bill with 12-week abortion ban (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Nebraska lawmakers added a 12-week abortion ban to a controversial bill that seeks to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

  10. Fox News

    Nebraska legislature votes to add 12-week abortion ban into bill to ban sex reassignment surgery for minors (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Nebraska's Legislature voted to add a GOP-authored proposed 12-week abortion ban into a bill that would ban sexual reassignment surgeries for minors.

  11. Omaha World-Herald

    Nebraska lawmakers advance trans health care bill with new abortion restrictions (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Omaha World-Herald's feed description

    Nebraska lawmakers added a 12-week abortion ban to a controversial bill that seeks to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

  12. Beatrice Daily Sun

    Nebraska lawmakers combine trans health care bill, 12-week abortion ban (opens Beatrice Daily Sun)

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    Beatrice Daily Sun's feed description

    The Legislature amended a 12-week abortion ban into another controversial measure and advanced it to final reading.

  13. Courthouse News Service

    Abortion restrictions tacked onto Nebraska proposal to restrict gender-affirming care (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The measure now goes on to a second reading in Nebraska's unique unicameral legislature.

  14. Washington Post

    Nebraska passes 12-week abortion, gender-affirming care for minors ban (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    The bans, merged into one bill, prompted protests at the capitol and outcries from opponents, but narrowly passed in the Republican-dominated legislature

  15. Fox News

    Nebraska lawmakers expected to pass bill combining youth gender surgery ban with 12-week abortion ban (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Lawmakers in Nebraska are expected to pass a bill combining a 12-week abortion ban with a ban on gender surgeries for minors. The measure was advanced by a single vote.

  16. Washington Times

    Nebraska passes 12-week abortion limit, bans transgender surgeries for minors (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    The Nebraska legislature has passed a bill restricting both abortion and gender-transition treatment for minors, sending the measure to the governor after a contentious seven-hour session interrupted by raucous left-wing protesters.

  17. CBS News

    Nebraska lawmakers pass abortion ban and restrictions on gender-affirming treatment for minors (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Nebraska Legislature passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with restrictions on gender-affirming care for children.

  18. Nebraska Examiner

    Nebraska lawmaker introduces less restrictive amendment on abortion-gender care proposal (opens Nebraska Examiner)

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    Nebraska Examiner's feed description

    New amendment means expected final vote Friday on efforts to restrict abortion and gender-affirming care may not be the last.

  19. Washington Times

    Nebraska expected to pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Conservative Nebraska lawmakers are expected to have just enough votes to pass a bill Friday that combines restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors with a 12-week abortion ban.

  20. Wyoming Tribune Eagle

    Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors (opens Wyoming Tribune Eagle)

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    Wyoming Tribune Eagle's feed description

    The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors. Conservative lawmakers wrangled just enough votes to end a filibuster,

  21. Wall Street Journal

    Nebraska to Vote on Limiting Abortion Access, Transgender Healthcare for Youth (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    The vote marks a cumulation of a tense and historic legislative session.

  22. Washington Examiner

    Nebraska trying to combine restrictions on abortion and transgender medicine into one bill (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Nebraska legislature is set to pass a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban paired with restrictions on some types of healthcare for transgender minors.

  23. Beatrice Daily Sun

    Nebraska senators to debate gender-affirming care, abortion limits for final time Friday (opens Beatrice Daily Sun)

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    Beatrice Daily Sun's feed description

    A bill that has stirred session-long turmoil in the Nebraska Legislature and now includes two contentious issues — abortion and transgender health care — will see its final floor debate

  24. New York Times

    Nebraska to Vote on Restrictions on Abortion and Transgender Care for Minors (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    After weeks of acrimonious debate, Republicans put the two fraught issues into a single bill.

  25. WWLP Springfield

    Nebraska passes abortion, gender-affirming care ban (opens WWLP Springfield)

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    WWLP Springfield's feed description

    Nebraska lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to legislation that bans gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and prohibits abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, sending the measure…

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