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Nebraska's 12-week abortion law took effect Tuesday after Republican Gov. Jim Pillen signed the legislation on Monday. Restrictions on transgender care will take effect in October.
Pillen signed a bill on Monday that restricts abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy and outlaws "gender-affirming care" for minors.
Governor Jim Pillen is set to sign LB 574 into law on Monday, which would ban abortions after 12 weeks and gender-affirming healthcare for minors in Nebraska.
The state senator repeatedly pounded the lectern while shrieking her support for children undergoing genital mutilation surgeries.
If the bill, known as the "Let Them Grow Act," is signed into law, Nebraska will start restricting gender-affirming care for minors on October 1.