{{Short description|Proposed amendment to the Nevada Constitution}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox referendum|date=November 5, 2024|country=Nevada|title=Right to Abortion Initiative|yes=905,170|no=501,232| map = File:2024 Nevada Question 6 results map by county.svg | map_size = 250px | map_caption = County results {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Yes''' {{legend|#7D9CBB|60–70%}} {{legend|#B6C8D9|50–60%}} {{col-2}} '''No''' {{legend|#BCBC83|60–70%}} {{legend|#DEDEBD|50–60%}} {{col-end}} |notes=<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |title=Nevada Question 6 Election Results: Right to Abortion |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=November 18, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-nevada-question-6-right-to-abortion.html}}</ref>}} {{ElectionsNV}} '''2024 Nevada Question 6''' was a proposed constitutional amendment for the state of Nevada in the United States, that protected the right to an abortion until fetal viability, which is generally considered about 23 or 24 weeks, or when necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient. It also permits any qualified health-care professional — including physicians, pharmacists, and others — to perform abortions.<ref name="BallotpediaQuestion6">{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_6,_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2024)#Text_of_measure |title=Nevada Question 6, Right to Abortion Initiative (2024) – Text of measure |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=2025-09-25 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-07 |title=Indy Explains: What Question 6 would mean for abortion rights in Nevada |url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/indy-explains-what-question-6-would-mean-for-abortion-rights-in-nevada |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=The Nevada Independent |language=en}}</ref>

The Question initially appeared on the November 5th, 2024, ballot in Nevada.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Nevada Secretary of State's Office releases the 2024 Ballot Question Guide providing voters information on all statewide ballot questions |url=https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/Home/Components/News/News/3522/309?backlist=/sos |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.nvsos.gov}}</ref> The ballot measure was approved with 64.4% of the votes.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=2024-11-05 |title=Nevada Question 6 Election Results: Right to Abortion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-nevada-question-6-right-to-abortion.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As Question 6 was approved in 2024, a second vote will be held on November 3, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nevada Question 6, Right to Abortion Initiative (2024) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_6,_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2024) |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

== Background == Abortion is currently legal in Nevada up to 24 weeks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Institute |first=Guttmacher |title=Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe |url=https://states.guttmacher.org/policies/nevada/abortion-policies |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=states.guttmacher.org |language=en}}</ref> Nevada Question 6 was placed on the ballot after the organization, Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom, collected the required number of signatures in June 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-29 |title=Nevada adds proposed constitutional amendment for abortion rights to 2024 ballot |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nevada-adds-proposed-constitutional-amendment-for-abortion-rights-to-2024-ballot |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}}</ref> Voters must approve the ballot question in both 2024 and 2026 to amend the state constitution.<ref name=":0" />

== Question 6 language == "Should the Nevada Constitution be amended to create an individual's fundamental right to an abortion, without interference by state or local governments, whenever the abortion is performed by a qualified health-care professional until fetal viability, or when necessary to protect the health or life of the pregnant individual at any point during the pregnancy?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=To Appear on the November 5, 2024 - Nevada |url=https://www.nvsos.gov/sos/home/showpublisheddocument/14396/638602785602700000 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=www.nvsos.gov}}</ref>

==Endorsements== {{Endorsements box | title = Yes | list = ;Executive branch officials *Kamala Harris, former Vice President of the United States (2021–2025) ''({{font color||#CEE0F2|Democratic}})''<ref name=BPOne>{{cite web |title=Nevada Question 6, Right to Abortion Initiative (2024)|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_6,_Right_to_Abortion_Initiative_(2024)}}</ref> ;U.S. senators *Jacky Rosen, Nevada (2019–present) ''({{font color||#CEE0F2|Democratic}})''<ref name=BPOne/> ;U.S. representatives *Steven Horsford, NV-04 (2013–2015, 2019–present) ''({{font color||#CEE0F2|Democratic}})''<ref name=BPOne/> *Susie Lee, NV-03 (2019–present) ''({{font color||#CEE0F2|Democratic}})''<ref name=BPOne/> *Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, NY-14 (2019–present) ''({{font color||#CEE0F2|Democratic}})''<ref name=BPOne/> *Dina Titus, NV-01 (2013–present) ''({{font color||#CEE0F2|Democratic}})''<ref name=BPOne/> ;State legislators *4 state senators<ref name=BPOne/> *17 state assemblymembers<ref name=BPOne/> ;Organizations *ACLU of Nevada<ref name=BPOne/> *Feminist Majority Foundation<ref name=BPOne/> *Human Rights Campaign<ref name=BPOne/> *Indivisible Northern Nevada<ref name=BPOne/> *NAACP Las Vegas<ref name=BPOne/> *Planned Parenthood Votes Nevada<ref name=BPOne/> *Reproductive Freedom for All Nevada<ref name=BPOne/> *Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund<ref name=IVG/> ;Newspapers *''Ms.''<ref name=IVG>{{cite web |title=Question 6 - Right to Reproductive Freedom |url=https://ivoterguide.com/ballotmeasure/40/election/1221 |website=iVoterGuide |access-date=31 October 2025}}</ref> }} {{Endorsements box | title = No | list = ;State legislators *Ken Gray, state assemblymember from the 39th district (2022–present) ''({{font color||#FFE6E6|Republican}})''<ref name=BPOne/> }}

== Polling == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;" |- valign="bottom" !Poll source !Date(s) administered !Sample size{{efn|Key:<br />A – all adults<br />RV – registered voters<br />LV – likely voters<br />V – unclear|name="Key"}} !Margin of error ! style="width:50px;" |Yes ! style="width:50px;" |No !Don't Know/Refused |- | style="text-align:left;" |''The New York Times''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2024-11-03 |title=Cross-Tabs: October 2024 Times/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate in Nevada |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/03/us/elections/times-siena-nevada-poll-crosstabs.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |Oct. 24–Nov. 2, 2024 |1,010 (LV) |± 3.4% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |'''63%''' |33% |4% |- | style="text-align: left;" |Data for Progress<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2024-11-01 |title=Final Data for Progress Swing State Polls Show Harris and Trump in Close Race: Harris Ahead by 2 in PA and NV, 1 in GA; Trump Up by 1 in AZ |url=https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/11/1/final-data-for-progress-swing-state-polls#:~:text=In%20Nevada,%2066%25%20of%20voters%20say%20they%20would%20vote%20yes%20on%20the%20abortion%20ballot%20measure%20State%20Question%206,%20while%2026%25%20say%20they%20would%20vote%20no. |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Data For Progress |language=en-US}}</ref> |Oct. 25–30, 2024 |721 (LV) |± 4% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |'''66%''' |26% |8% |- | style="text-align: left;" |Emerson College<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Mumford |first=Camille |date=2024-10-10 |title=October 2024 State Polls: Mixed Movement Across Swing States Shows Dead Heat |url=https://emersoncollegepolling.com/october-2024-state-polls-mixed-movement-across-swing-states-shows-dead-heat/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Emerson Polling |language=en-US}}</ref> |Oct. 5–8, 2024 |900 (LV) |± 3.2% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |'''55%''' |33% |13% |- | style="text-align: left;" |The Washington Post<ref>{{Cite web |title=This Washington Post-Schar School Deciders Poll |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/c585330e-1449-4c43-8d8d-c830cd8d6124.pdf}}</ref> |Sept. 30–Oct. 15, 2024 |652 (RV) |± 4.8% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |'''80%''' |20% |0% |- | style="text-align: left;" |Fox News<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Dana Blanton |first=Victoria Balara |date=2024-08-28 |title=Fox News Poll: Harris closes gap with Trump in Sun Belt states |url=https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-harris-closes-gap-trump-sun-belt-states |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> |Aug. 23–26, 2024 |1,026 (RV) |± 3% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |'''75%''' |21% |4% |}

== Results == {{referendum results | caption = Right to Abortion | for = 905170 | against = 501232 | turnout = 48.85 | electorate = 1929972 | source = <ref name="The New York Times">{{cite news |title=Nevada Question 6 Election Results: Right to Abortion |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=November 18, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-nevada-question-6-right-to-abortion.html}}</ref> }}

=== By county === {| class="wikitable sortable" width="60%" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |County<ref name=":6" /> ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Yes ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |No ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Margin ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Total |- ! data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" |# ! data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | % ! data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" |# ! data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | % ! data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" |# ! data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;" | % |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Carson City | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |17,588 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |58.41% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |12,521 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |41.59% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |5,067 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |16.82% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |30,109 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Churchill | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |6,371 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |48.70% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |6,710 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |51.30% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" | -339 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-2.60% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |13,081 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Clark | style="background: #B6C8D9;" | 644,444 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |66.49% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |324,747 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |33.51% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" | 319,697 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" | 32.98% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |969,191 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Douglas | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |17,002 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |50.04% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |16,973 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |49.96% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |29 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |0.08% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |33,975 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Elko | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |10,360 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |48.75% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |11,337 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |52.25% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-977 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-4.50% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |21,697 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Esmeralda | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |194 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |43.60% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |251 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |56.40% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-57 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-12.80% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |445 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Eureka | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |409 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |41.27% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |582 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |58.73% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-409 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-17.46% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |991 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Humboldt | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |3,666 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |47.14% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |4,111 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |52.86% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-445 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-5.72% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |7,777 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Lander | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |1,226 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |46.00% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |1,439 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |54.00% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-213 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-8.00% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |2,665 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Lincoln | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |810 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |33.78% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |1,588 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |66.22% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-778 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" | -32.44% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |2,398 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Lyon | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |16,445 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |51.01% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |15,745 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |48.99% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |700 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |2.02% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |32,190 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Mineral | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |1,270 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |57.10% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |954 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |42.90% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |316 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |14.20% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |2,224 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Nye | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |13,613 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |51.73% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |12,705 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |48.27% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |908 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |3.46% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |26,318 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |Pershing | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |972 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |43.71% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |1,252 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |56.29% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-280 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-54.94% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |2,224 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Storey | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |1,560 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |52.17% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |1,430 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |47.83% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |130 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |4.34% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |2990 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |Washoe | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |167,272 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |65.88% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |86,629 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |34.22% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" | 80,643 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" | 31.76% | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |253,901 |- style="text-align:center;" | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |White Pine | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |1,968 | style="background: #B6C8D9;" |46.57% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |2,258 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |53.43% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-290 | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |-6.86% | style="background: #DEDEBD;" |4,226 |- !Totals !905,170 !64.36% !501,232 !35.64% !403,938 !28.72% !1,406,402 |}

== See also ==

* Abortion in Nevada * 2022 Kansas abortion referendum * 2022 California Proposition 1 * 2022 Michigan Proposal 3 * 2022 Vermont Proposal 5 * November 2023 Ohio Issue 1 * 2024 Arizona Proposition 139 * 2024 Colorado Amendment 79 * 2024 Florida Amendment 4 * 2024 Maryland Question 1 * 2024 Missouri Amendment 3 * 2024 Montana Initiative 128 * 2024 Nebraska Initiative 439 * 2024 New York Proposal 1 * 2024 South Dakota Amendment G * 2024 United States ballot measures

==Notes== {{Notelist}}

== References == {{Reflist}} {{2024 United States elections}}

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