September 23, 2026
Abortion-related ballot measures are set to appear before voters in Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia this November. Students for Life of America (SFLA) and Students for Life Action (SFLAction) have identified all four states as part of Students for Life’s 2026 “Abortion on the Ballot” campaign, opposing measures in Idaho, Nevada, and Virginia while supporting Missouri’s Amendment 3. Here is a reminder of where each state stands and what SFLA and SFLAction have done so far.
Idaho: Proposition 1
Idaho voters will consider Proposition 1, a citizen initiative establishing a statutory right to abortion and related practices. The official Idaho ballot-title document describes protections involving abortion before fetal viability, contraception, fertility treatment, pregnancy care, miscarriage care, and related decisions, with post-viability provisions tied to medical circumstances.
SFLA has made Idaho one of the four states specifically targeted in the 2026 ballot campaign. The spring “Abortion on the Ballot” campus tour was designed to engage youth voters in Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia.
The ground campaign is also moving into Idaho. SFLAction’s current 2026 deployment schedule includes door-knocking operations in Coeur d’Alene on September 26–27, Boise on October 17–18, and Idaho Falls on October 24–25, along with a Boise-area church flyering event in October.
Missouri: The Amendment 3 Rematch
Missouri is a continuation of a fight that began before the 2024 election. In 2024, voters approved Amendment 3, which added a right to abortion to the Missouri Constitution, including abortion through fetal viability subject to the amendment’s terms.
SFLAction opposed the 2024 amendment well before Election Day. During the signature-gathering stage, the organization reported countering petition efforts on eight Missouri college campuses and knocking more than 5,000 doors with “Decline to Sign” messaging. By the end of the 2024 cycle, SFLAction reported knocking on 15,271, sending 53,910 text messages, and distributed more than 20,000 pieces of literature in Missouri.
The organization also reported 14 Abortion on the Ballot campus tour stops in Missouri as part of its 2024 activity. SFLAction’s broader post-election ballot campaign recap documented our state-level work after the vote.
In 2026, voters will decide another Amendment 3. According to the Missouri Secretary of State’s certified ballot language, the measure would repeal the constitutional abortion provision approved in 2024, permit abortion restrictions while retaining specified exceptions, require parental or judicial consent for abortions committed on minors, and include a separate prohibition on certain child mutilation procedures for minors.
SFLAction has publicly backed the effort to reverse the 2024 amendment and has continued discussing the measure during the 2026 legislative cycle, including through its May 2026 Missouri advocacy. The current deployment calendar includes Springfield on September 26–27, church flyering there on September 27, and a St. Charles deployment on October 17–18.
Nevada: Question 6 Returns
Nevada’s Question 6 returns after voters approved it once in 2024. Because Nevada citizen-initiated constitutional amendments require voter approval at two successive general elections, the pro-abortion amendment must win a second statewide vote before becoming part of the state constitution. The 2026 four-state ballot roundup from The 19th notes that the measure would protect abortion until fetal viability, with exceptions afterward for the life or health of the pregnant woman.
SFLAction opposed Question 6 during its first vote, distributing more than 2,000 pieces of literature in Nevada, held seven Abortion on the Ballot campus-tour stops, recorded 141 conversations at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and ran a “No on 6” Las Vegas billboard that Students for Life reached 163,969 people over 11 days.
Nevada is again one of the four states in Students for Life’s 2026 Abortion on the Ballot campaign, making this year’s contest the second stage of a campaign SFLA and SFLAction began working on two years ago.
Virginia: Organizing Before the Measure Reached Voters
Virginia’s 2026 ballot measure would amend the state constitution to include a right to an abortion. The current 2026 ballot overview describes Question 1 as allowing abortion in the first and second trimesters and permitting third-trimester abortions under specified circumstances involving viability or the life, physical health, or mental health of the pregnant woman.
SFLAction began organizing against the proposed amendment before it reached the 2026 ballot. In August 2025, SFLAction launched the Protect Life Virginia campaign and reported that 38 volunteers had knocked on nearly 1,000 doors. The campaign included a webinar with The Family Foundation of Virginia and additional canvassing connected to the 2025 state legislative elections.
SFLAction continued canvassing through the 2025 election in its Protect Life Virginia campaign update. The dedicated Virginia campaign page now offers materials for door knocking, campuses, and churches, including an explainer sheet, door hanger, church flyer, and tabletop materials.
The Reminder: These Campaigns Did Not Start in 2026
The four-state campaign is new for the 2026 general election, but much of SFLA and SFLAction’s work is not. Missouri and Nevada are continuations of 2024 ballot fights. Virginia organizing dates to 2025, before the amendment reached voters. Idaho has become a focus of current campus and field operations.
Across the four states, Students for Life’s 2026 strategy includes door knocking, church engagement, campus activism, and digital outreach. SFLAction’s deployment page advertises more than 30 door-knocking deployments across 16 states during the 2026 cycle, including multiple events tied to the abortion-related ballot fights.
Four states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures, while SFLA and SFLAction enter the final stretch with campaigns that, in several of those states, have been underway for years.