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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Nebraska Newsletter for Sunday April 16, 2023 ( 2 items )  

ABORTION BAN ADVANCES, ACLU OF NEBRASKA RESPONDS
LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 13 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: A bill that would enact one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans cleared its first round of debate today in the Nebraska Legislature. Nebraska state senators overcame a filibuster of LB 626 on a 33 - 16 vote and then advanced the ban by the same margin. The bill, which would ban abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy, will need to make it thr  more

ACLU OF NEBRASKA: GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE BAN CLEARS SECOND VOTE
LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 14 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska issued the following statement on April 13, 2023: * * * A proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth cleared its second round of debate today. Nebraska state senators advanced LB 574 with a 33 - 16 vote, sending the bill to its last round of debate. * * * American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nebraska Legal and Policy Counsel Jane Seu made this statement on today's vote: "State senato  more