The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban

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Last fall, The Washington Post highlighted the horrific case of a Nevada woman who was arrested in 2018 after having a stillbirth . The woman, Patience Frazier, used drugs and didn’t respond to her stillbirth in a way that was acceptable to a local cop who knew her and judged her for parenting in poverty. She was charged under a 1911 law that prohibits taking drugs or substances with the intent to terminate a pregnancy after 24 weeks’ gestation. In January, Democratic Nevada state Senator