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Judge pauses old Nevada law requiring parental notification for minors to get abortion

Abortion Parental Notice Nevada - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A long-dormant Nevada law requiring parents or guardians to be notified before a minor can have an abortion will not take effect this week following a federal judge's ruling.

The 1985 law has never before been enforced in Nevada because of court rulings that found it was unconstitutional based on Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion access a constitutional right for a half century.

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