Abortion advocates Thursday celebrated the state Legislature’s failure to pass an abortion ban Wednesday night. The bill would have outlawed abortions in Nebraska if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade this summer.
A new fairness ordinance in Lincoln could be decided by the city’s voters and not the city council. The conservative lobbying group, Nebraska Family Alliance, announced Tuesday it had gathered more than 18,000 signatures to force the council to rescind the ordinance or put it before the voters.
Some are criticizing the Archdiocese of Omaha s new gender-identity policies for Catholic schools as closed-minded. Others see the policy, intended to comply with church teachings, as a no-brainer.