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In 2024, there were 10 pro-abortion ballot initiatives attempting to codify a right to abortion, along with a lone initiative in Nebraska seeking to establish protections for life that ran counter to a pro-abortion initiative.

Tragically, almost all of the pro-abortion initiatives succeeded. However, life triumphed in three states — Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota — which became the first states to defeat pro-abortion ballot initiatives. The success in Florida was particularly miraculous: In the face of being outspent $110 million to $3 million, the pro-life movement prevailed. Added to this massive $110 million figure is another $27 million spent on gathering signatures to place Amendment 4 on the ballot. In short: Despite spending at least $137 million on Amendment 4, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, with support from George Soros, failed to reach the threshold to amend the Florida Constitution.

A similar victory occurred in Nebraska: Not only did Nebraska defeat a pro-abortion initiative, but it was the only state in the nation with a counter-pro-life measure on the ballot as well. Nebraska now constitutionally protects unborn life after the first trimester.

While three abortion amendments failed, seven amendments succeeded in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York.

These amendments are particularly decisive because they change the state's constitution, overriding previous state abortion laws, and can only be reversed by voters through a different ballot measure. Most of the pro-abortion amendments decided on election night involved sweeping, and often vague, undefined language that will have drastic effects in the states that ratified them.

The 2026 Ballot Battles

But the fight isn't over.

As the 2026 election looms, Liberty Counsel Action will continue to battle at the state level to protect the unborn in our nation, working with coalitions to repeal and replace amendments in states that passed Abortion Amendments, as well as ensure this agenda is defeated in all remaining states.

So far, there are eight states with life-related ballot initiatives — three pro-life and five pro-death. Stay tuned for our updates on these and other initiatives — coming soon! In the meantime, you can get involved with those in your home state (or a nearby state) to protect and defend the right to life by doing the following:

  1. Review the following state tracker for states that have passed amendments.

  2. To learn about the process for amending state constitutions, click here.

  3. Watch our training video, produced in partnership with Leadership Institute, on how to defeat the abortion amendments. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW.

  4. Share this information on social media.

  5. Pray that these extreme measures are defeated, that the Lord changes hearts and minds (2 Corinthians 3:16), and that we as a nation would humble ourselves according to 2 Chronicles 7:14, “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” To join with others in prayer, see Liberty Counsel’s Prayer Network.

Defeat Abortion Amendments Training

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Liberty Counsel, in partnership with Leadership Institute, hosted an educational online training session on how to win the pro-life fight in a post-Roe America. While the Dobbs decision was a landmark win for life, the pro-abortion movement’s response was to launch a well-funded and well-organized effort to enshrine abortion in state constitutions. By amending state constitutions to guarantee the right to abortion, pro-life laws that are on the books will no longer be enforceable.

Many of these amendments will also allow or even lead to taxpayer-funded abortions. Yet, the real danger of these amendments is that voters often do not understand how far these initiatives reach. Not only will the amendments allow abortion up until the moment of birth or infanticide after birth, but they also will remove safety protections for women, including restrictions on who can perform abortions and the clinical standards that must be met by abortion providers.

Now is the time for the Church to take a stand for life! It’s important to know how to combat this pro-death agenda through lifesaving strategies, education, and mobilization.

 

LC Press Releases

Victory for Unborn Life in Maine

Many States Could Have Abortion Amendments on 2024 Ballot

Media

Florida Is Now One of the Most Pro-Life States in America



Mat Staver on War Room


Mat Staver joins Steve Bannon on the War Room to discuss how the disregard for unborn life driven by the Chinese Communist Party in China, is rapidly happening in America. Originally 4/10/2024.