Nebraska is now down to one surgical abortion provider less than a year after lawmakers passed a 12-week ban.

The Bellevue clinic founded by the late Dr. LeRoy Carhart – once one of only three providers in the country to perform third-trimester abortions – no longer does surgical procedures but does offer patients abortion pills, clinic employees confirmed to the Flatwater Free Press.

LINCOLN — The governor’s pick to lead the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has advanced to the floor of the Legislature.

LINCOLN — Attorneys challenging and defending Nebraska’s new law combining tighter restrictions on abortion and gender-affirming care for minors made their case Tuesday to the state’s high court.

The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments in Planned Parenthood’s appeal of a Lancaster County District Court ruling that it was legal for the Legislature to fold a more restrictive abortion measure into Legislative Bill 574, whose original purpose was to limit gender-affirming care. Planned Parenthood is being represented by attorneys for the ACLU.