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Nevada voters on Tuesday passed an amendment to enshrine abortion rights into their state constitution, permanently protecting abortion through the second trimester, through a second referendum on the measure.
Question 6, which will establish a “fundamental right to abortion,” was ahead by a vote of 62.3% to 37.7% with 86% of the vote counted. The Associated Press called the race at 3:18 a.m. Wednesday.
Nevada’s constitution requires that amendments passed by ballot initiative need to be ratified by voters in two consecutive even-numbered election years, meaning that Question 6 needed to be approved in both 2024 and this year to become law.
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In 2024, more than 64% of Nevada voters cast their ballots to enshrine in their constitution a right to abortion until fetal viability.
The measure allows for the state to regulate abortion after viability except when medically indicated to “protect the life or health of the pregnant patient.”
Abortion is currently legal in Nevada until 24 weeks of pregnancy. In 1990, Nevada voters approved a legislative ballot measure that legalized abortion until the 24th week.
Question 6 takes this sentiment a step further by enshrining abortion as a right in the state constitution instead of merely a statute.
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Abortion-rights activists spent more than 22 times what anti-abortion advocacy groups did in the state to advance a “yes” vote on Question 6.
According to the Nevada Secretary of State’s office, the abortion-rights group Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom spent over $866,000 from the beginning of the campaign, whereas the anti-abortion group Protect Our Girls spent less than $39,000.
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