Abortion, sex and gender
Abortion is on the ballot again in 2026, in states that would add a right to abortion and in Missouri, where voters are asked to repeal the one they approved in 2024. Measures on transgender care for minors and on school sports are also on the ballot.
What's on the ballot
- Virginia Question 1: Yes would add a right to reproductive freedom, including abortion, to the state constitution.
- Nevada Question 6: Yes would give final approval to a right to abortion in the state constitution (voters approved it once, in 2024).
- Idaho Proposition 1: Yes would create a statutory right to abortion, reversing most of Idaho's current ban.
- Missouri Amendment 3: Yes would repeal the abortion-rights amendment voters passed in 2024, allow abortion only in limited circumstances, and ban gender-transition treatments for minors. No keeps the 2024 amendment.
- Colorado Proposition 135: Yes would ban certain gender-transition surgeries for minors.
- Colorado Proposition 134, Nebraska Initiative Measure 442 and Washington Initiative 638: Yes would set sex-based eligibility rules for girls' and women's school and college sports.
- Arizona Proposition 318: Yes would limit school sports participation and access to restrooms and locker rooms based on sex.
- Washington Initiative 1: Yes would give parents rights to review school materials, receive notices and opt their children out of sexual-health education.
Abortion on the ballot since 2022
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, abortion has been on statewide ballots in more than a dozen states.
- 2022: Kansas voters rejected an amendment that would have said the state constitution protects no right to abortion. In November, California, Michigan and Vermont added abortion rights to their constitutions, and Kentucky voters rejected an amendment like the one in Kansas.
- 2023: Ohio voters added a right to abortion to their constitution.
- 2024: abortion-rights measures were on the ballot in 10 states. They passed in seven (Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York) and fell short in three: in Florida a majority voted Yes but short of the 60% required, and they failed in Nebraska and South Dakota.
From 2022 through 2023, the side favoring abortion rights won every statewide abortion vote. Sources: Ballotpedia, AP.
Questions and answers
What does a Yes or No vote mean?
A Yes vote approves the change the measure describes; a No vote keeps current law, unless the measure says otherwise (in a referendum on a law already passed, for example, Yes keeps the law and No repeals it).
How many votes does a measure need to pass?
A simple majority in most states. Some require more to change the constitution: Florida needs 60%, and in some states an amendment must pass in two separate elections.
When will results be known?
Measures are counted with the rest of the ballot. Lopsided ones are called on election night; close ones can take days. This page updates on its own as results come in.
Where can I read the exact ballot wording?
In your state's official voter guide. Our how-to-vote page links to every state. How to vote →
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Source: Ballotpedia's list of 2026 measures; results from civicAPI.