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With the passage of Question 6, Nevadans signaled their support for enshrining the right to an abortion into the state constitution. Unofficial results listed the measure as receiving 63% in support and 37% opposed, as of late Tuesday.
The Associated Press called the race for ‘yes.’
Voters will have to pass Question 6 again in the 2026 General Election before the amendment goes into effect.
Question 6 proposes establishing abortion as a fundamental right in the state constitution. It would protect abortion until “fetal viability,” which by definition would be determined by the patient’s health care practitioner. Abortions beyond that point would also be legal if needed to protect the pregnant person’s life or health.
Abortions in Nevada are currently legal up to 24 weeks after the start of the pregnancy and after 24 weeks if a physician believes the pregnant person’s life or health is at risk. Those protections were put in place via a citizen-driven referendum passed by voters in 1990.
“Nevadans have spoken. We are officially one step closer to permanently protecting the right to abortion in the Nevada Constitution,” said Lindsey Harmon, president of Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, in a statement. “With these results, voters across party lines rejected misinformation and fear-mongering to send an unequivocal message: decisions about abortion should be made by women, their families, and their medical providers – not politicians.”
Editor’s Note: Story updated with statement from Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom.