Question 6: Right to Abortion Before Fetal Viability
Statewide — all of Nevada
General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
- Question 6 is Initiative Petition C-05-2023, a citizen-initiated amendment to Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution. Under Article 19, Section 2 of the Nevada Constitution, an initiative to amend the Constitution must be approved by voters at two successive general elections; this is the second vote, after November 2024, per the Legislative Counsel Bureau fiscal note.[1]
- Nevada Current reports voters approved Question 6 in 2024 with 64% support; News 3/News 4 reports abortion protections passed in 2024 by nearly 29 percentage points. It is one of two statewide questions on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot, the fewest since 2012 per News 3/News 4, and it keeps its 2024 number.[2][4]
- The Nevada Secretary of State's office released its official 2026 Ballot Question Guide on or about Sept. 29-30, 2026, per FOX5.[3]
The question on the ballot
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 healthcare professional until fetal viability or when necessary to protect the health or life of the pregnant individual at any point during the pregnancy?[1]
Initiative Petition C-05-2023 would add a new section (Section 25 of Article 1, per the fiscal note) to the Nevada Constitution creating a right to abortion, performed by a qualified healthcare professional, from the start of pregnancy until fetal viability, or throughout pregnancy when needed to protect the life or health of the pregnant patient. State and local governments generally could not interfere with the right, except where a "compelling state interest" exists, which the explanation says occurs only if the government uses the least restrictive means to protect or improve the pregnant person's life or health in ways that follow clinical standards of practice. The digest describes existing law as legal abortion within 24 weeks of the start of pregnancy, with an exception after 24 weeks if a physician reasonably believes an abortion is necessary to preserve the pregnant person's life or health. Fiscal note (Legislative Counsel Bureau Fiscal Analysis Division, Aug. 1, 2024): the financial impact cannot be determined, because it is unknown which existing laws, if any, would not comply or how the Legislature would revise them. The committee argument in favor states that the measure has no fiscal or environmental impact; the committee argument against states that its cost cannot be determined.[1]
A YES vote means
A "Yes" vote would create a new section of the Nevada Constitution to establish a person's constitutional right to abortion, so that a person can make decisions about matters relating to abortion and reproductive healthcare, without interference from state or local governments.
A NO vote means
A "No" vote would keep the Nevada Constitution in its current form and would not impact the availability of abortion as a statutory right under Nevada law.
The law today
Existing law makes abortion legal in Nevada within 24 weeks after the start of pregnancy, with an exception after 24 weeks if a physician reasonably believes an abortion is necessary to preserve the pregnant person's life or health, and requires abortions after the 24th week to be performed in a hospital licensed by the State. Those rules were put in place by a 1990 voter-approved referendum and are statutory, so they could be changed by a vote of the people.[1][4]
Official fiscal estimate
Fiscal Analysis Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau (Aug. 1, 2024): financial impact cannot be determined with any reasonable degree of certainty, because it is unknown which existing laws, if any, would not comply with the amendment or how the Legislature would revise them.[1]
Arguments made for
- Ballot Question Committee in favor (Lindsey Harmon, Chair; Denise Lopez; Bradley Schrager): "Decisions about abortion should be left to women and qualified healthcare professionals, who take a pledge to act in their patients' best interest."[1]
- Ballot Question Committee in favor (Lindsey Harmon, Chair; Denise Lopez; Bradley Schrager): "YES keeps families – not politicians – in charge of their own healthcare decisions, so that women can make these personal decisions in consultation with their doctors and those they love and trust."[1]
Arguments made against
- Ballot Question Committee opposed (Emily Mimnaugh, Chair; Jason Guinasso): "Question 6 has no bright-line rule saying when abortion is legal. Is it always legal at 4 months? 6 months? 9 months? Our current law is clear. Question 6 is not."[1]
- Ballot Question Committee opposed (Emily Mimnaugh, Chair; Jason Guinasso): "Vote NO to protect our current abortion law. Abortion is legal in Nevada."[1]
On record in support
Campaign money
Through the first half of 2026 (reports covering January-June, per The Nevada Independent, July 23, 2026): Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom (supports) had raised more than $815,000 in 2026 and spent about $49,300; Protect Our Girls (opposes) had raised $10,000 and spent over $3,000; Students for Life Action Ballot PAC (opposes) had raised nearly $1,700. The July-September report was due Oct. 15 and was not found.[5]
Research notes & limits
Sources: nvsos.gov is behind bot protection (not bypassed); the official text was read instead from the Clark County Election Department's 'Ballot Questions, General Election November 3, 2026' PDF, which reproduces the question, Legislative Counsel explanation and digest, the Ballot Question Committee arguments and rebuttals, and the Fiscal Analysis Division fiscal note for both statewide questions. Note that the explanation/arguments/fiscal note in that 2026 county document are the 2024-era texts (fiscal notes dated July 29 and Aug. 1, 2024), since the same initiatives return unchanged for the second vote. Slate: the county document contains exactly two statewide questions (6 and 7); News 3/News 4 (July 2026) reports these are the only two statewide questions this year, with other petitions failing to qualify, and FOX5 (Sept. 30, 2026) reports the Secretary of State's official 2026 Ballot Question Guide covers these two. The nvsos.gov guide itself was not read. Arguments are excerpts of the official committee arguments (the pamphlet prints one argument for and one against, plus a rebuttal on each side), attributed to the committees as the document names them. Required vote: a majority of those voting at this second election. Campaign finance: from The Nevada Independent (July 23, 2026), covering reports filed through the first half of 2026; the Oct. 15 report (July-September) was not found, and the Secretary of State's Aurora campaign finance system is behind bot protection and was not accessed. Supporter and opponent lists come from that reporting and from the committees named in the county document. The official full text of the initiative petition was not located outside the Secretary of State's protected site.
Sources · 5
Researched 2026-10-19. Green citations are official government records.
- 1.Ballot Questions, General Election November 3, 2026 (State Questions 6 and 7: explanation, digest, committee arguments, fiscal note) · Clark County Election Department (reproducing the Nevada Secretary of State ballot question materials) · 2026 Official record
- 2.Nevadans will only vote on two statewide ballot questions this year, the fewest since 2012 · News 4 & Fox 11 / News 3 Las Vegas · 2026-07-06 News report
- 3.Nevada releases 2026 ballot question guide ahead of General Election · FOX5 Las Vegas · 2026-09-30 News report
- 4.With 2nd approval of Question 6, voters can secure abortion rights in state constitution · Nevada Current · 2026-09-17 News report
- 5.Here's who's funding the abortion, voter ID questions on the Nevada ballot · The Nevada Independent · 2026-07-23 News report