Choose Life Now, the campaign that initiated Nebraska's 2024 Prohibit Abortions After the First Trimester Amendment, is collecting signatures for a new ballot initiative that would establish personhood beginning at fertilization. This would effectively ban all abortion in the state.
In 2024, Nebraska voters approved a constitutional amendment banning abortion after the first trimester (12 weeks), with exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, and incest. The new initiative would go significantly further.
Organizers must gather signatures from at least 10% of Nebraska voters, including 5% of registered voters in at least 38 of the state's 93 counties, by July 2026.
Establishing personhood at fertilization is the most principled pro-life position, recognizing that every human being is created in the image of God from the moment of conception.
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee."
— Jeremiah 1:5 (KJV)