(AP) — Among 200 bills facing a midnight deadline, a slate of women's issues made strides at the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday when lawmakers approved proposals seeking workplace accommodations for mothers and expanded access to birth control. The state Senate and Assembly worked into the evening to vote bills out of the chamber in which they were introduced to keep them alive, including legislation being considered in part to counter Republican leaders' continued objective to unravel the Affordable Care Act. Another proposal would allow women to pick up a year's supply of birth control at a time, which proponents say would decrease health risks and unplanned pregnancies that occur between contraceptive prescriptions. No insurance companies in Nevada currently claim that exemption, and the state does not track whether individual employers seek release from the federal law, Nevada Division of Insurance spokeswoman Yeraldin Deavila said.
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