Seven States Could Vote on Abortion in 2026

Pro-life advocates are bracing for a pivotal battle in 2026 as voters in seven states prepare to weigh in on ballot measures that could either safeguard legal protections for the unborn or create a fake right to kill babies in abortions.

With two measures already certified for the November 3 election and five others possibly advancing toward ballots, the elections represent a critical front in the fight to protect babies from abortions.

These initiatives, particularly those backed by abortion groups, threaten to undermine parental rights, medical ethics and the moral fabric of communities by prioritizing killing babies over the dignity of the preborn child.

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In Missouri, the pro-life Amendment 3 stands certified after Republican lawmakers referred the constitutional amendment to repeal the 2024 voter-approved pro-abortion measure that enshrined a broad “right to reproductive freedom,” including abortion up to viability.

The new proposal would prohibit most abortions while allowing exceptions for medical emergencies, fatal fetal anomalies and cases of rape or incest within the first 12 weeks.

Pro-life leaders hail it as a necessary correction to restore protections for the unborn, emphasizing that it balances compassion for true crises with the state’s compelling interest in preserving life.

Nevada’s Question 6, certified after passing its first vote in 2024, returns for a required second approval to embed a “fundamental right to abortion” in the state constitution until fetal viability—typically around 21 weeks.

Abortions in Nevada are currently legal up to 24 weeks under state law, but the radical amendment would make killing babies a right, a move pro-life groups decry as a dangerous.

In Idaho, the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Measure, an initiated state statute, has cleared early hurdles and is gathering signatures to potentially appear on the ballot, aiming to overturn the state’s abortion ban by establishing a so-called right to abortion.

With over 50,000 signatures collected toward a roughly 71,000 threshold as of late November, backers like Idahoans United for Women and Families are trying to cross that threshold.

Montana’s proposed Definition of Person Amendment, advanced by Republican lawmakers in the House during the 2025 legislative session, sought to amend the constitution to define a “person” as beginning at fertilization or conception, effectively granting legal protections to the unborn.

Though it passed the House, the measure failed to achieve the required two-thirds approval in the Senate and did not qualify for the ballot, marking a setback for efforts to counter the 2024 abortion measure allowing abortions up to viability.

Nebraska’s potential Establish Personhood of Preborn Children Amendment, an initiated constitutional amendment led by the group Choose Life Now, is in the early stages of the ballot qualification process to define a preborn child as a person in the state constitution, effectively banning abortion from conception with limited exceptions.

Building on the state’s 12-week ban enshrined by voters in 2024, the measure aims to strengthen protections for the unborn by recognizing their personhood from conception, a step pro-life groups say is essential to protect more babies from abortion.

In Oregon, with a signature deadline in July 2026, abortion advocates are circulating petitions to amend the constitution by affirming a right to kill babies in abortions.

Requiring around 160,000 signatures by July 2026, proponents tout it as safeguarding personal freedoms, but pro-life critics condemn it as a Trojan horse for unlimited abortion up to birth.

Virginia’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment, approved in its first legislative passage by Democrats in January 2025, advances toward a second vote in the 2026 session to embed a “right to reproductive freedom” in the constitution. This would allow abortions up to birth in the state.

Legal through about 26 weeks currently, the measure would allow unlimited and unrestricted abortions on demand, and pro-life Republicans warn it could enable abortions for minors without oversight and eliminate any remaining protections for the unborn. Following Democrats’ victory in the November 2025 House of Delegates elections, expanding their majority, the amendment is positioned for likely second approval, setting up a voter decision in 2026.