October 11, 2024

Reproductive Rights Initiatives in 10 States


Reproductive rights are on the ballot in 10 states. You can refer to the Proposition/Amendment/Initiative numbers below to easily find out how to vote to protect women's rights and freedoms. In states with strict anti-abortion laws, women's actions and existence can be and are penalized and criminalized for health crises, miscarriages, and even missed periods.  For details, visit this page: Reproductive Rights are On the Ballot

State 

Proposition/
Amendment ' 

VOTE 

Summary of Ballot Measure 

Arizona

Proposition 139

YES

Protect abortion up to fetal viability …… unless justified by a compelling state interest (defined as a law or regulation enacted for the limited purpose of improving or maintaining the health of the individual seeking abortion care that does not infringe on that individual's autonomous decision-making).

Colorado

Amendment 79

YES

Create a right to abortion and the use of public funds for such purpose and repeal a previous constitutional amendment that prohibited the use of state funds to provide abortion coverage.

Florida

Amendment 4

YES

Protect right to abortion up to viability and when necessary to safeguard the pregnant person's health.

Maryland

Question 1

YES

Guarantee a right to reproductive freedom, including the ability to prevent, continue, or end one's own pregnancy.

Missouri

Amendment 3

YES

Will undo one of the strict abortion bans in the country. Protect reproductive freedom and ability to make decisions relating to reproductive health care, including abortion up to viability. The State has the right to legislate after viability except when medically necessary to protect the life of the pregnant person.

Montana

CI-128

YES

Protect the right to abortion up to viability.

Nebraska

Initiative 434
“Protect Women and Children”

NO

Vote NO to prevent the 12-week ban from being enshrined in the state constitution.

Nebraska

Initiative 439
"Right to Abortion Initiative"

YES

Will undo the current NE 12-week abortion ban and establish a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability or when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. 

Nevada

Question 6

YES

Establish a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability or when necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person. The State has the right to regulate abortion after fetal viability, except where medically indicated to "protect the life or health of the pregnant patient."

New York

Proposal #1

YES

Amend the constitution's equal rights amendment to include anti-discrimination protections for pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy. Amendment backers contend these anti-discrimination protections would bar the NY Legislature from enacting abortion restrictions.

South Dakota

Constitutional Amendment G

YES

Vote yes to end the near total ban on abortion. Amend constitution to set standards for when the state can regulate abortion: during the first trimester the state may not regulate a pregnant woman's decision to have an abortion; during the second trimester the state may regulate a pregnant woman's decision to have an abortion only in ways reasonably related to the physical health of the pregnant woman; during the third trimester the state may regulate or prohibit abortion except when abortion is necessary to preserve the life or health of the pregnant woman.