The 82nd Legislature of the state of Nevada came to an end at midnight on June 5, 2023. Although the assembly consisted of a super-majority of pro-death zealots and the senate was one shy of a super-majority of pro-death zealots, we were able to fight back most of the bad bills. Here is a breakdown on the bills we fought.
| BILL # | DESCRIPTION | RESULT |
|---|---|---|
| SB131 | Protects those who would transport a child over the border for a secret abortion | Veto proof super majority passed. Signed into law. |
| SJR7 | Step one of amending Nevada Constitution to protect unfettered abortion as a fundamental right. Must pass the next legislature, then go to a vote of the people. | Party line vote. No ability for veto. Can stop if we get a majority in one house. |
| AB383 | Would prohibit local communities regulating abortion facilities. | Passed. Vetoed by Gov. Lombardo. Must maintain current numbers of legislators to sustain veto first week of next session without hearing or public comment.. |
| SB239 | Assisted suicide. This bill follows the model of Oregon and Canada and will open the door to the problems seen there. When assisted suicide becomes a treatment option, it becomes a valued option for cost-cutting with insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. There are no safeguards protecting the vulnerable and the elderly. The definition of terminal is so broad that diabetes and other chronic but only life-threatening without treatment conditions could qualify a patient for a lethal prescription. | Passed with bipartisan opposition. Vetoed by Gov. Lombardo at end of session. Must maintain current numbers of legislators to sustain veto first week of next session without hearing or public comment.. |
| SB439/AB357 | Radical sex ed bills that removed curriculum decision-making from the local community and gave it to isolated, unelected bureaucrats at the state level. Comprehensive sex ed mandating educating kids on reproductive rights and radical sexuality/gender education. Change of opt in to opt out reducing parental control. | Gutted and killed |
| AB418 | CPC harassment and intimidation | Killed |
| SJR6 | Annual sessions | Died |
| AB423 | Budweiser amendment bill. Perfectly good bill protecting parental speech at school boards. Was gutted in the middle of the night by Senator Fabian Donate to fine school boards $5K per day for protecting girls sports and private spaces. | Killed. |
Catherine Cortez Masto is extreme on abortion. She has voted for and pushed:
She is too extreme on abortion.
Because it does.
Nevadans have an easy choice to make this election cycle. With the recent Dobbs v Jackson Supreme Court decision which overturned Roe and returned abortion law-making back to the states and the people, democrats and their allies in the press have raced to see who can be more extreme in their anti-life, anti-woman, anti-unborn rhetoric. Our endorsements for the statewide races are:
VOTE NO ON CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION 1 AND 3.
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President: Donald J Trump
CD1: Kamau Bakari
CD2: Marc Amodei
CD3: Dan "Big Dan" Rodimer
CD4: Jim Marchant
Justice of the Supreme Court: Douglas Herndon
Senate District 4 – Esper Hickman
Senate District 5 – Carrie Buck
Senate District 6 – April Becker
Senate District 11 – Joshua Dowden
Senate District 15 – Heidi Gansert
Senate District 18 – Scott T Hammond
Senate District 19 – Pete Goicoechea
Assembly District 2 – Heidi Kasama
Assembly District 4 – Richard McArthur
Assembly District 6 – Katie Duncan
Assembly District 7 – Anthony Palmer
Assembly District 9 – Barbara Altman
Assembly District 10 – Chris Hisgen
Assembly District 11 – Eric Krattiger
Assembly District 12 – Jeremy Graves
Assembly District 13 – Tom Roberts
Assembly District 15 – Stan Vaughn
Assembly District 16 – Reyna “Alex” Sajdak
Assembly District 17 – Jack Polcyn
Assembly District 18 – Heather Ann Florian
Assembly District 19 – Ann “Annie” Black
Assembly District 21 – Cherlynn Arrington
Assembly District 22 – Melissa Hardy
Assembly District 23 – Glenn Leavitt
Assembly District 25 – Jill Tolles
Assembly District 26 – Lisa Krasner
Assembly District 27 – Barb Hawn
Assembly District 29 – Steven Delisle
Assembly District 30 – Charlene Young
Assembly District 31 – Jill Dickman
Assembly District 32 – Alexis Hansen
Assembly District 33 – John C. Ellison
Assembly District 34 – Jay Thomas Carlson
Assembly District 35 – Jay Calhoun
Assembly District 36 – Gregory Hafen II
Assembly District 37 – Andy Matthews
Assembly District 38 – Robin Titus
Assembly District 39 – Jim Wheeler
Assembly District 40 – Phillip PK O’Neill
Assembly District 41 – Erika Smith
Endorsement Process
Nevada Right to Life lobbies on a local, state, and federal level. In support of this goal, we provide endorsements and candidate information to enable pro-life voters to vote for the best advocates who can then pass laws and enact policy that protects life from conception to natural death.
Candidates receive endorsements based on the following criteria:
Non-life issues are not considered in the endorsement process. We are a single issue group. Life is the first issue. If a candidate does not value life, it is doubtful they will value much else.
Nevada Right to Life commends President Trump’s nomination of an impressively well-qualified judge to the Supreme Court. Judge Barrett has demonstrated a commitment to defending the text and history of the Constitution and the principles of judicial restraint.
Amy Coney Barrett stands in stark contrast with the judicial-legislative activists who would be nominated by Joe Biden. Joe Biden has promised to impose a litmus test of his nominees and their support of Roe V. Wade.
Judge Barrett earned her J.D. summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School, where she was first in her class and received the Hoynes Prize, the law school’s highest honor. She clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Beginning in 2002, Barrett taught law at Notre Dame, and was named “Distinguished Professor of the Year” three times. In 2017, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She is married to Jesse Barrett, an Assistant United States Attorney and the couple has seven children.
Due to COVID19, the Nevada Secretary of State announced the 2020 Nevada Election Primary will be conducted by mail-in ballot. All registered voters will get a ballot automatically as early as April 30. As such, it is imperative that all pro-life voters educate themselves NOW on the candidates. Keep in mind, you will be the source of information for your family and friends.
Lawsuits have been filed against mail-in ballots, so please keep up to date by returning here often.
Now, more than ever, we need elected officials that value life at all ages and stages.
Nevada Right to Life lobbies on a local, state, and federal level. In support of this goal, we provide endorsements and candidate information to enable pro-life voters to vote for the best advocates who can then pass laws and enact policy that protects life from conception to natural death.
Candidates receive endorsements based on the following criteria:
Non-life issues are not considered in the endorsement process. We are a single issue group. Life is the first issue. If a candidate does not value life, it is doubtful they will value much else.
CD2: Marc Amodei
CD3: Dan "Big Dan" Rodimer
CD4: Jim Marchant
AD19: Chris Edwards
AD26: Assm. Lisa Krasner
AD27: Candidate Barb Hawn
AD31: Former Assm. Jill Dickman
AD 32: Assm. Alexis Hansen
AD33: Assm. John Ellison
AD 36: Assm. Gregory Hafen II
AD 37: Candidate Andy Matthews
AD 39: Assm. Jim Wheeler
SD14: Senator Ira Hansen
SD19: Senator Pete Goicoechea
Being proudly pro-life, we have all had our hearts broken countless times. Politician after politician pledges to protect the unborn. We work hard, we vote, and we elect them only to see those promises postponed until after the NEXT election. In 2016, a lot of us voted for President Trump solely on the promise of pro-life judges, half expecting the usual bait and switch. I am happy to say we ARE NOT waiting until after the next election. Promises made. Promises kept. And, it will continue!
47 years ago, the Supreme Court created a right to abortion from whole cloth. With Roe v. Wade (and the accompanying Doe v Bolton), abortion was legalized and legitimized for all nine months of pregnancy, for any reason. Sadly, seven judges changed the course of history and, in the process, sentenced more than 60 million unborn Americans - so far - to death.
We have made progress in protecting the unborn in many states, but every positive law that protects the unborn and their mothers ends up in front of judges.
We need good, brave pro-life legislators AND we need strict constructionist judges that will not overturn pro-life legislation.
President Donald J. Trump has kept his pro-life promise of nominating solid judges. So far, 2 Supreme Court justices, 50 to the Courts of Appeals, and 117 to the District/Specialty Courts.
President Trump nominated former Nevada Solicitor General, Lawrence VanDyke for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Although backed by an impressive set of credentials – including a Harvard Law degree, editor of Harvard Law Review, and experience as solicitor general of two states within the 9th Circuit – Mr. VanDyke faced a daunting backlash from every progressive, anti-life group and leftist senator.
Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Lawrence VanDyke to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, fundamentally changing the makeup of the most liberal, most overturned, and most anti-life Appeals Court in the land. In fact, Nevada’s parental notification for minor girls seeking an abortion statute remains unenforced in our state due to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
VanDyke is a strict constructionist and will be an ally for life – born and unborn. He will provide a much-needed counterbalance to the extreme leftward, anti-life, anti-liberty stance of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
We congratulate Mr. VanDyke and look forward to his long service on the Court. Thank you President Trump for your promises kept.
Abortion data released two weeks ago by the CDC (Center for Disease Control) is more good news. The numbers of abortions, the rate of women having abortions and the ratio between abortions and live births are continuing their steady and dramatic decline. This confirms the drop reported recently by pro-abortion policy group, Guttmacher Institute.
Yes, dramatic. The number of abortions are down 45 percent to 862,000 in 2017 (according to Guttmacher) from 1.6 million in 1990, all while our population increased 25 percent. The abortion rate (the number of women having abortions per 1000 women 15-44) is down almost 50 percent to 13.5 (CDC says 11.6), and the abortion ratio-the ratio of abortions to live births is down 50 percent from 36.4 in 1980 to 18.4. This means that fewer and fewer pregnant women are turning to abortion. All of this has happened for many reasons.
The decline of abortion is to be expected given the growing understanding of the unborn. Not only has technology given us a view into the womb that destroys the lies of the abortion industry that the baby is a blob of tissue, a clump of cells or whatever dehumanizing language they use to justify what they do to the unborn, but pro-lifers, with the help of our tremendous apologists, are also making the case that the unborn is not merely a “what” or “some thing,” but a who and someone. He or she is one of us and only differ in terms of our Size, Level of development, Environment-where we are located, and our Degree of dependency, also known as the SLED test. These criteria are insufficient to make one more of a human being with a right to life and one without. We are making it harder for our opponents are make their case that there is such a thing as a human non person or human being without human rights who can be disposed of for the reasons for which almost all abortions are performed.
None of the advances could be accomplished without pro-life activism and legislative efforts. Abortion advocates are in panic over the number of “anti-choice” bills in legislatures in many states. The passage of the Hyde amendment which prohibits federal funding of abortion has had the huge impact that abortion advocates said it would. So has the ban and the prolonged discussion on gruesome partial birth abortions. These and other issues are causing the public to think about abortion and the unborn.
Pro-life candidates are being elected to office. Two justices have been added to the United States Supreme Court and President Trump and Senator McConnell are rapidly filling lower federal courts.
The stories of the impact of abortion on women is another contributor. Abortion hasn’t turned out to be the personal and public good it was promised to be. Many times it’s another tool used to control women. One study found 64 percent of women felt some coercion. 60 percent said “part of me died” after the abortion. How can that possibly be empowering? This is not a recent discovery. Many years ago, Zogby polling asked "If a relative or close friend told you she was pregnant and wanted to get an abortion which of the following statements best expresses your reaction?" More than two-thirds (67.4%) said either "tell her abortion is wrong" (32.7%) or advise against her decision (34.7%). Only 19.1% would advise her to go ahead “if she thinks it is right.”
Pro-life pregnancy care centers have also helped by reaching out to women in crisis and providing accurate information about the unborn, post abortion impact and alternatives to abortion.
All of these things are contributing to the dramatic decrease in abortions on our way to ending it. Thanks for helping Nevada Right to Life do our part to bring this about.
BENEFITTING NEVADA RIGHT TO LIFE AND THEIR EFFORTS TO DEFEND LIFE
A night with Seth Dillon, CEO of Babylon Bee
