A Nevada judge ruled Tuesday that a petition by the Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom group is allowed to circulate for signatures as part of a larger effort to put abortion rights on the 2024 ballot.

Carson City District Judge James T. Russell issued the ruling after he had previously struck down a similar version of the petition that was deemed too broad.

This version would establish a “fundamental, individual right to abortion” and prohibit state and local government interference, the petition states.

“Today’s ruling ensures Nevadans will have the opportunity to establish a permanent state constitutional right to abortion this November. However, abortion rights are not the only form of reproductive freedom under attack across the country,” Lindsey Harmon, the executive director at Planned Parenthood Votes Nevada said in a statement.

“Protecting miscarriage management, birth control, prenatal and postpartum care, and other vital reproductive health care services are inextricably linked pieces of a singular right to reproductive freedom.”

Twenty-two states — including some that border Nevada like Idaho, Utah and Arizona — have abortion bans or restrictions in place since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

The Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom PAC was formed to enshrine reproductive freedom into the state constitution and permanently protect the right to abortion and other medical services such as tubal ligation, vasectomy and infertility care, according to the organization’s website.

“(We are) thrilled to see that Nevada is one step closer to affirming abortion access in our constitution,” said Macy Haverda, the executive director of the nonprofit Wild West Access Fund of Nevada, in a statement. “Abortion access, however, still remains out of reach for many given the extreme financial barriers abortion seekers face. We look forward to a future where all reproductive healthcare is fully accessible to all.”

This year, Nevadans could be able to vote to amend the constitution and include reproductive freedom rights if Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom’s initiative is successful.

A question would appear on the November ballot to enshrine abortion access up to 24 weeks into the Nevada constitution. Voters would then need to pass an amendment to the state constitution in 2026.

Abortion rights are already protected in Nevada, though there are some restrictions. In 1990, voters passed a referendum to safeguard the medical practice, albeit with age restrictions. The protections can only be overturned by a majority vote.

Public funding in Nevada is limited for the procedure and parents are legally required to be informed if their minor child receives an abortion.

“Nevadans deserve a legislature that works for them and that includes continuing to protect abortion rights, improving access to all forms of reproductive health care in the Silver State, and a belief that a person’s health care decisions remain solely between them and their doctor,” Harmon said in a statement.