AJN: Joe Lombardo Caves to “Radical Anti-Abortion Groups” and Vetoes IVF Protections for Nevadans

AJN: Joe Lombardo Caves to “Radical Anti-Abortion Groups” and Vetoes IVF Protections for Nevadans

Lombardo has an extreme anti-abortion record that’s out of step with Nevada

A new report from American Journal News exposes vulnerable Nevada governor Joe Lombardo for vetoing a bipartisan bill to protect IVF “to appease radical anti-abortion groups.”

Lombardo vetoed the bill “less than 72 hours after a coalition of anti-abortion groups sent a letter urging [him] to oppose the legislation,” including the far-right Family Research Council and Moms for Liberty.

Lombardo has a long record of aligning himself with extreme anti-abortion groups. As the American Journal News notes, he also faced pressure to veto IVF protections from the American Christian Caucus, “a group that claims to promote ‘conservative Christian values in Nevada’” that he invited to “events at the governor’s mansion in 2024 and 2025.”

As a reminder, Joe Lombardo has an extreme anti-abortion record that’s deeply out of step with Nevada:

• Lombardo is an anti-abortion politician who wants to make it harder for Nevadans to get reproductive care and opposed a widely popular ballot measure enshrining abortion rights into Nevada’s state constitution.

• Lombardo personally hosted a fundraiser in the Governor’s Mansion for Nevada Right to Life, a radical anti-choice group that “opposes abortion at all stages of pregnancy” and has praised strict abortion bans.

• Lombardo donated thousands of dollars to dangerous, anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” and removed all language about their predatory practices from the state’s Health and Human Services website.

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