Nevada leaders react to two-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – On the two-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned, two press conferences were held by pro-choice activists in Reno.

“Now he is promising a nationwide abortion ban if he is elected,” said former Nevada Lt, Governor Kate Marshall. “That critical choice of when where and how to start a family. If Trump becomes president a nationwide abortion ban will wash all that away.”

Marshall says 30% of those getting abortions lately in Nevada have been from out of state, and says she is worried those rights could be in jeopardy.

But that is not necessarily the feeling you will get if you talk to one local pro-life advocacy organization, as Krystal Minera-Alvis of Right to Life Nevada explained.

“At this moment we would like to leave the law where it is,” she said, “Abortion is currently legal up until six months or 24 weeks, and 9 months in the cases of rape, incest, or the life of the mother is at risk.”

Still, Minera-Alvis agrees with the idea that “my body my choice” is a bit of a misnomer

“The baby itself has its own unique DNA. Its own body,” she stated. “So, it is its own. And the woman’s is her own as well.”

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