Agency: NE

Silencing Science Tracker

Agency: NE

2019-06-04 Medical Science Misrepresented by Nebraska Abortion Bill NE, State Bias and Misrepresentation Other

A bill that would require doctors to tell patients that medication abortions can be reversed was passed by the Nebraska legislature. Opponents point to the lack of scientific evidence and clinical studies in support of this treatment.

2017-04-19 Climate Science Misrepresented by Nebraska Attorney General NE, State Bias and Misrepresentation Climate

Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson filed an amicus brief in Exxon Mobil v. Schneiderman. The brief questions the scientific consensus on climate change and the assumption that it will be “sufficiently dangerous to require urgent policy responses.”