There were 10 pro-abortion ballot initiatives attempting to codify a right to abortion in the 2024 election cycle.

Florida became the first state to defeat an abortion ballot despite being outspent $110 million to $3 million. Added to this massive $110 million-dollar figure is another $27 million spent on gathering signatures to place Amendment 4 on the ballot. 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.

Nebraska also had a pro-life measure – the only one in the nation – which passed and will constitutionally protect unborn life in the state after the first trimester.

While three pro-abortion amendments failed in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota, seven pro-abortion amendments succeeded in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York.

These amendments are particularly decisive because they change a state's constitution, override 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 which will have drastic effects in the states that ratified them.

But the fight isn't over. Liberty Counsel will continue to battle at the state level to protect the unborn in our nation.

With the overturning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the battle over life was returned to the states — and 10 states faced that battle in the 2024 election season, with 11 total initiatives appearing on the ballot.

Most of the initiatives attempted to enshrine abortion as a state constitutional right. While Nebraska had a pro-abortion amendment on the ballot that was defeated, it was also the only state to have a pro-life ballot measure, which successfully amended the state constitution to protect unborn babies.

As for the pro-abortion amendments, the real danger is that voters often do not understand how far these initiatives reach. Not only did all of the pro-abortion amendments on state ballots allow abortion up until the moment of birth for virtually any reason, some also may permit infanticide (directly or indirectly killing a baby who survives a botched abortion). Many of them may also remove health and safety protections for women (including restrictions on who can perform abortions), make it easier for sex traffickers and abusers to cover their crimes, negate parental rights, and may lead to taxpayer-funded abortions.

Now is the time to take a stand for life! Liberty Counsel is 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.

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 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.

Looking into 2025 and beyond, we will be updating the following information periodically:

• Nevada requires citizens vote on the ballot amendment two consecutive years.

• Oregon has filed for Abortion Amendment.

• Virginia, Maine, Minnesota are considering passing an abortion amendment.

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.