STATE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFILE
Nevada
NATIONAL BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
Despite the demonstrable importance and ubiquity of contraception, the truth is that ensuring that every pregnancy is wanted and planned is difficult, at both the individual and the societal levels. For the typical American woman to have two children, she will spend about five years pregnant, postpartum or attempting to become pregnant, and three decades—more than three-quarters of her reproductive life—trying to avoid pregnancy. Not all women, however, are successful: About half of all pregnancies in the United States each year—more than three million of them—are unintended. By age 45, more than half of all American women will have experienced an unintended pregnancy, and about one-third will have had an abortion. Nonetheless, contraceptive use can and does dramatically reduce women’s odds of having an unintended pregnancy.
DEMOGRAPHICS
- In 2008, there were 554,500 women of reproductive age (aged 13-44) in Nevada, 316,000 of whom were in need of contraceptive services and supplies. Of these:
- AGE: 37,900 were under the age of 20 and 278,100 were aged 20-44.
- INCOME: Among women aged 20-44, 33,100 were below 100% of the federal poverty level.
- RACE/ETHNICITY: 166,900 were non-Hispanic white; 27,600 were non-Hispanic black; and 86,900 were Hispanic.
- In 2008, there were 142,400 women in Nevada in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies. Of these, 37,900 were in need of publicly supported services because they were sexually active teenagers, and 104,600 because they had incomes below 250% of the federal poverty level.
- In 2006-2007, 26% of women aged 15-44 in Nevada were uninsured, while 9% were enrolled in Medicaid.
For more information, see Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006
PREGNANCIES, BIRTHS AND ABORTIONS
- In 2008, there were 62,200 pregnancies to the 527,925 women of reproductive age (15-44) in Nevada; 64% of these pregnancies resulted in live births and 22% in induced abortions.
- In 2006, 52% of pregnancies in Nevada were unintended. There were 33,000 unintended pregnancies to women in Nevada, producing a rate of 66 per 1,000 women of reproductive age.
- Of all unintended pregnancies in Nevada in 2006, 42% resulted in live births and 42% resulted in induced abortions.
- In 2006, 60% of births in Nevada resulting from unintended pregnancies were publicly funded, compared with 44% of all births and 33% of births resulting from intended pregnancies.
- Of the 17,600 publicly funded births in Nevada in 2006, 9,000 resulted from unintended pregnancies.
- Births resulting from unintended pregnancies in Nevada accounted for $83 million in public costs in 2006, including $46 million in federal costs and $38 million in state costs.
- In 2008, 13,450 women obtained abortions in Nevada, producing a rate of 25.9 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some Nevada residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate declined 4% since 2005, when it was 32.2 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44. Nevada represents 1.1% of all abortions in the United States.
- In 2005, 12,990 Nevada residents obtained abortions, producing a rate of 26.6 per 1,000 women of reproductive age.
- In 2005, there were 7,070 pregnancies to Nevada teens aged 15-19; 55% of these pregnancies resulted in live births and 30% in induced abortions.
- In 2005, 2,150 teens obtained abortions in Nevada, producing a rate of 28 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-19.
- In 2008, there were 13 abortion providers in Nevada. This represents a 63% increase from 2005, when there were 8 abortion providers.
- In 2008, 76% of Nevada counties had no abortion provider; 8% of Nevada women lived in these counties.
For more information, see State Facts About Abortion
PUBLICLY FUNDED CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
- In 2006 in Nevada, 59 publicly funded family planning centers provided contraceptive care to 45,600 women—including 10,400 teenagers.
- Family planning clinics in Nevada served 32% of all women in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies in 2008.
- In Nevada, $263 in public funds was spent on contraceptive services and supplies per woman in need in 2008.
- In Nevada, 26 family planning centers that received some support through the federal Title-X family planning program provided contraceptive care to 23,900 women—including 5,900 teenagers in 2006.
- Title-X-supported centers in Nevada served 17% of all women in need of publicly supported contraceptive services and supplies in 2008.
For more information, see Contraceptive Needs and Services, 2006
IMPACT OF PUBLICLY FUNDED CONTRACEPTIVE SERVICES
- Publicly funded family planning services help women to avoid pregnancies they do not want and to plan pregnancies they do. In 2008, these services helped women in Nevada avoid 9,300 unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 4,100 unintended births and 3,900 abortions.
- Contraceptive services provided at Title X-supported centers in Nevada helped prevent 4,900 unintended pregnancies, which would likely have resulted in about 2,200 unintended births and 2,000 abortions.
- The services provided at publicly funded family planning centers in Nevada saved the federal and state governments $23,217,000 in 2008.
For more information, see Next Steps for America's Family Planning Program
STATE POLICIES
Policy Summary Table, as of January 1st, 2012
| ABORTION | |
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| Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe v. Wade | |
| Woman has right to choose abortion to protect her life/health or before viability |
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| Abortion Counseling and Waiting Periods | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Restrictions on Private Insurance Coverage of Abortion | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Public Funding of Abortion for Poor Women | |
| Public funding is available in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest | Only life, rape or incest. |
| Refusal Clauses for Abortion Services | |
| Medical professionals may refuse |
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| Medical institutions may refuse | Private institutions |
| ADOLESCENTS | |
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| Minors' Consent to Contraceptive Services | |
| Mature minors explicitly permitted to consent |
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| Minors' Consent to STI Services | |
| All or some minors explicitly permitted to consent | All minors |
| Parental Involvement in Minors' Abortions | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Sex Education | |
| State mandates sex education |
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| State mandates STI/HIV education |
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| CONTRACEPTION SERVICES AND FINANCING | |
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| Emergency Contraception in Emergency Rooms | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Private Insurance Coverage of Contraceptive Services | |
| Insurance coverage mandated |
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| Insurers may refuse to provide coverage | Religious insurers |
| Medicaid Family Planning Expansions | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Contraceptive Access in Pharmacies | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Refusal Clauses for Contraceptive Services | |
| No policy in effect | |
| Minors' Consent to Contraceptive Services | |
| Mature minors explicitly permitted to consent |
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For more information, see State Policies in Brief