Referendums Voting Against Violence Peace Pro-life

This website tracks U.S. state and local referendums dealing with socially-approved killing of human beings (abortion, the death penalty, euthanasia, war), or related structural violence that leads to killing (poverty and discriminatory practices).

These are the issues focused on by the Consistent Life Network, the sponsor of this website.

Links are included for sponsoring organizations when passing the referendums would advance the goals of the consistent life ethic.

We also include referendums we’d like to see get a strong “no” vote. Defeating objectionable referendums is crucial.

We offer education and insights on why it would help if certain referendums were passed or others defeated. We encourage everyone to use this in:

social media
letters to the editor
questions in candidate forums
conversations with friends and family
and any other place they can be useful for persuasion

We ask you to send in:

Positive or negative information on referendums that we can share
Links to good pieces of writing on the referendums
Original pieces of good writing we can post
Good artwork, videos, or other creative ways of being persuasive
Local referendums that ought to be added to the list, or referendums in countries other than the U.S.

Send to:

referendums @ consistent-life.org

(remove spaces)

or call 816 –

753 – 2057 (Central Time)

Project Coordinator, Rachel MacNair

Ballot Measures

Links to state pages

For 2024

Alaska
Arizona (2 proposed measures)
Arkansas (2 proposed measures)
California
Colorado
Florida
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri (1 on ballot, 2 proposed measures)
Montana
Nebraska (2 proposed measures)
Nevada (3 proposed measures)
New Hampshire
North Dakota
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Dakota (1 on ballot, 2 proposed measures)
Washington
West Virginia

See also:

Future Referendum Ideas — creative ideas to research and develop

List of Topic Pages — once referendums are voted on, we keep the writing we developed for them here.

Past Year Referendums: 2020

Past Year Referendums: 2022

The social media technique of having a variety of people produce one-minute videos is illustrated on our State Constitutions page.

Each referendum listed by topic

Referendums Pro-life

Referendums Voting Against Violence Peace Pro-life

State Constitutions:

No Right to Abortion, not yet on ballot, 2024: Iowa, Pennsylvania

Establish Right to Abortion, on ballot, 2024: Florida, Maryland, and New York

Establish Right to Abortion, not yet on ballot, 2024: Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Washington

Referendums Pro-life

See our Topic Page on State Constitutions / Abortion

Right to Abortion Initiative

hoped for ballot: November 5, 2024

Current status: Collecting signatures. Due date: July 5, 2024.

See our Arkansas page.

Abortion Access Amendment

hoped for ballot: November 5, 2024

Current status: Collecting signatures. Due date: July 5, 2024.

See our Arizona page.

hoped for ballot: November 5, 2024

Current status: Cleared for gathering signatures. Due date: April 26, 2024.

See our Colorado page

on ballot: November 5, 2024

See our Florida page.

Removing Abortion from State Constitution Amendment

hoped for ballot: November 5, 2024

Current status: The legislature passed it this session. They must also pass it next session for it to go on the ballot.

See our Iowa page.

Maryland Abortion Referendum

On BALLOT: NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Current status: Legislatively referred.

See our Maryland page.

Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment

hoped for ballot: November 5, 2024

Current status: Probably to start collecting signatures, once court decisions are made. Due date: May 5, 2024.

See our Missouri page.

Right to Abortion Initiative

hoped for ballot: November 5, 2024

Current status: On January 16, the attorney general determined it was legally insufficient by now allowing nuance. We assume court challenges are coming.

See our Montana page.

Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment

hoped for ballot: November 5, 2024

Current status: Collecting signatures. Due date: June 26, 2024.

See our Nevada page.

on BALLOT: NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Current status: Legislatively referred.

See our New York page.

No Right to Abortion in Constitution Amendment

(no official title yet)

hoped for ballot: november 5, 2024

Current status: Being considered by the Pennsylvania legislature.

See our Pennsylvania page.

South Dakota Abortion Referendum

See our South Dakota page.

Washington Abortion Referendum

Reproductive Freedom Amendment

HOPED FOR BALLOT: NOT CLEAR

Current Status: On December 21, 2022, state senators filed a resolution to put this on the ballot.

See our Washington page.

Topic Pages Covering Abortion:

What History Shows – The Consistent Life Ethic Works Well for Pro-life Referedums

How Medicaid Expansion Reduces Abortions and Discourages Euthanasia

Family and Medical Leave

What Studies Show on Parental Involvement for Abortions Performed on Minors

Disability Rights and Late-Term Abortions

Ballotpedia lists the state referendums on the death penalty. There are currently none.

The Death Penalty Information Center keeps track of all death penalty legislation.

See our blog posts:

Why Conservatives Should Oppose the Death Penalty

Racism and the Death Penalty

Is the Death Penalty Unethical? (by Hannah Cox, of Conservatives Concerned about the Death Penalty)

The Death Penalty and Abortion: The Conservative/Liberal Straitjacket

Death Penalty and other Killing: The Destructive Effect on Us

Here we offer measures that oppose discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, etc. Individuals in marginalized communities deserve dignity and protection.

Practices of dehumanizing can be lethal, and even when they’re less than lethal, they can be one of the root causes leading to violence against the targeted population.

See our Topic Page: Finally Abolishing Slavery

Abolishing all slavery: Louisiana (unknown), Nevada (2024), New Hampshire (2024)

Referendums against Violence

hoped for ballot: Not Yet Known

Current status: Sponsors decided wording on the 2022 ballot and in the amendment were flawed, and asked people to vote no. They intend to clean it up and offer it again later.

See our Louisiana page.