Nebraska Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Bill Restricting Abortion, Gender-Altering Procedures

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At least 25 states have adopted laws restricting or banning gender-altering procedures for transgender minors, with most of them facing lawsuits.

The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a law combining abortion restrictions with limits to gender-altering procedures for minors does not violate the stateโ€™s constitution, which requires bills to be confined to a single subject.

The stateโ€™s high court acknowledged in a split decision on July 26 that abortion and gender-altering care are โ€œdistinct types of medical careโ€ but that the law, LB574, does not violate Nebraskaโ€™s single-subject rule because both abortion and transgender procedures fall under the subject of medical care.

The law, which imposes a ban on abortion beyond 12 weeksโ€™ gestation and includes regulation of puberty blockers for minors and a ban on gender-altering surgeries for minors, was challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) representing Planned Parenthood in Nebraska.

A district judge dismissed the lawsuit last August, and Planned Parenthood appealed, with the key premise being a violation of Article III Section 14 of the Nebraska Constitution, which requires single-subject bills.

Lawmakers in the Nebraska Legislature had originally proposed separate bills, one banning abortion at about six weeks of pregnancy and another restricting transgender procedures for minors. However, the GOP-dominated Legislature added the abortion ban bill to the existing gender-altering care bill when the abortion ban failed to defeat a filibuster.

In arguments before the Nebraska Supreme Court in March, an attorney for the state argued that both abortion and gender-altering measures fall under the subject of health care and so the law does not violate the constitutional single-subject restriction.

By contrast, an attorney for Planned Parenthood argued that the bills deal with distinct subjects in violation of the constitution and that even the Legislature recognized this by introducing the abortion and transgender bills separately.

The majority on the Nebraska Supreme Court disagreed with the arguments put forward by Planned Parenthood, finding that while abortion and gender-altering care are distinct types of medical care, they โ€œcertainly are encompassed within the regulation of permissible medical care.โ€

Byย Tom Ozimek

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