The Nebraska Supreme Court denied a challenge to the state’s abortion restrictions and gender-affirming care in a ruling released Friday morning.
This decision by the court comes over a year after the Nebraska Legislature passed a piece of legislation that rolled out a 12-week abortion ban and created restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in the state.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), challenged the law, arguing that it contains two subjects and violates the state Constitution’s single-subject rule. The Nebraska Constitution’s single-subject rule states that laws passed by the legislature must stick to one topic.
In a split decision, the court upheld the law, ruling that although abortion and gender-affirming care are “distinct types of medical care,” the law does not violate the single-subject rule because all contents fall under the title, which stated that it was “related to public health and welfare.”
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