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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:听

• 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.聽

:听

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.聽
   2. Sec. 2. As used in this section: A 鈥渃ompelling state interest鈥� means an interest which is limited exclusively to the state鈥檚 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 鈥淔etal viability鈥� means the point in pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the patient鈥檚 treating health care practitioner, there is a significant likelihood of the fetus鈥� sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.

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Prepared by Sarah Osborn, 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Gender & Sexuality
Action Committee, Reproductive Justice Coordinator
9/22/24