Gender & Sexuality Action Committee
Fact Sheet (PDF)

2024 Abortion State Ballot Measure

NEVADA

Abortion Limit Under Current Law:
24 weeks since last menstrual period

Nevada Question 6: Right to Abortion Initiative

Summary: 

• Citizen-initiated measure to amend the state constitution to establish a fundamental right to an abortion
  • up to fetal viability
  • when medically necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person

Needs greater than 50% of votes to pass and reappear on the ballot again in the next general election (in Nevada, ballot measures must pass in 2 successive general elections to have the proposed amendment added to the constitution).

• YES vote means: Supporting the change to create a constitutional right to abortion up to fetal viability, and after fetal viability to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient.
• NO vote means: Opposes changing the state constitution to include a fundamental right to an abortion. 

Complete Ballot Text: 

1. That a new section, designated Section 25, be added to Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution to read as follows:
   1. Sec. 1. All individuals shall have a fundamental right to abortion performed or administered by a qualified health care practitioner until fetal viability, or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient, without interference from the state or its political subdivisions. The right established by this section shall not be denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest that is achieved by the least restrictive means. 
   2. Sec. 2. As used in this section: A “compelling state interest” means an interest which is limited exclusively to the state’s interest in protecting, maintaining, or improving the health of an individual who is seeking abortion care that is consistent with accepted clinical standards of practice; and “Fetal viability” means the point in pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the patient’s treating health care practitioner, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus’ sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.

Resources:

• Learn more about abortion policies in Nevada
• Learn more about the Nevada Ballot
• See KFF Ballot Tracker
• Get & Share the Facts on How Pregnancies Really Develop

Prepared by Sarah Osborn, AMSA Gender & Sexuality
Action Committee, Reproductive Justice Coordinator
9/22/24