LIFE ON THE BALLOT IN TEXAS: STATEWIDE RESULTS

Proposition #4 - Texas should require its public schools to teach that life begins at fertilization.

84.76 % (1,814,387) voted YES

15.24 % (326,263) voted NO

Proposition #5 - Texas should ban gender, sexuality, and reproductive clinics and services in K-12 schools.

90.56 % (1,951,370) voted YES

9.44 % (203,455) voted NO

Proposition #3 - Texans should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions, including reproductive rights.

96.61 % (2,193,998) voted YES

3.39 % (77,034) voted NO

Proposition #5 - Texas should enact a state constitutional amendment to defend the sanctity of innocent human life, created in the image of God, from fertilization until natural death. 

83.25 % (1,562,502) voted IN FAVOR

16.75 % (314,387) voted AGAINST

Proposition #1 - Right to Healthcare: Should everyone in Texas have a right to quality healthcare, protected by a universally accessible medicare-style system that saves rural hospitals, reduces the cost of prescription drugs, and guarantees access to reproductive healthcare?

94.51 % (1,923,052) voted YES

5.49 % (111,801) voted NO

Proposition #7 - I believe abortion should be abolished in Texas.

68.19 % (1,030,986) voted IN FAVOR

31.81 % (481,002) voted AGAINST

Proposition A - The Code of Ordinances of the City Of Amarillo, Texas shall be amended to adopt an initiated ordinance, submitted by the Amarillo Sanctuary City for the Unborn Citizen Initiative Petition Initiating Committee, declaring the City of Amarillo a sanctuary city for the unborn; declaring that abortion at all times and at all stages of pregnancy is unlawful unless an abortion is performed to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency; finding that abortion-inducing drugs are declared contraband and it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, possess, or distribute abortion-inducing drugs in the City of Amarillo; prohibiting abortions within the City of Amarillo; prohibiting abortions on City of Amarillo residents; prohibiting abortion trafficking of an unborn child; prohibiting abortion-inducing drugs in the City of Amarillo; prohibiting any organization that violates 18 U.S.C. Sections 1461 or 1462 by facilitating abortions from operating or doing business in the City of Amarillo; prohibiting the transportation or disposal in the City of Amarillo Of the remains of an unborn child killed by an abortion; providing a private right of action; providing for affirmative defenses; providing for severability and providing an effective date.

40.54% (27,579) voted YES

59.46% (40,442) voted NO

Result - Pro-Life Measure Failed

Proposition A - Shall the City Charter be amended to include a justice policy under which the City of San Antonio will “use its available resources and authority to accomplish three goals of paramount importance: first, to reduce the city’s contribution to mass incarceration; second, to mitigate racially discriminatory law enforcement practices; and third, to save scarce public resources for greater public needs” and to “reduce unnecessary arrests and save scarce public resources through a comprehensive set of reforms”, including: ending enforcement of low-level marijuana possession by prohibiting police officers from issuing citations or make arrests for Class A or Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana offenses, except in limited circumstances; prohibiting the enforcement of abortion crimes to promote the reproductive health, safety, and privacy of all City residents and stating that police officers shall not investigate, make arrests, or otherwise enforce any alleged criminal abortion, except in limited circumstances; banning no-knock warrants by stating that police officers shall not obtain a “no-knock” search warrant, nor shall they participate in serving a “no-knock” search warrant with other law enforcement agencies and creating additional policies concerning the issuing of warrants; banning chokeholds with no exceptions; requiring police officers to issue citations instead of making arrests for low-level nonviolent crimes defined as Possession of Controlled Substance less than 4 oz, Penalty Group 2-A (synthetic cannabinoids), Class A or B misdemeanor under Texas Health and Safety Code §§ 481.1161(b)(1) & (2), Driving while License Invalid, Class A or B misdemeanor under Texas Transportation Code § 521.457, Theft of Property less than $750, Class B misdemeanor under Texas Penal Code § 31.03(e)(2)(A), Theft of Service less than $750, Class B misdemeanor under Texas Penal Code § 31.04(e)(2), Contraband in a Correctional Facility, Class B misdemeanor under Texas Penal Code § 38.114(c), Graffiti, with damage less than $2500, Class A or B misdemeanor under Texas Penal Code § 28.08(b)(2) & (3), Criminal Mischief with damage less than $750, Class B misdemeanor under Texas Penal Code § 28.03(b)(2), and all Class C misdemeanors, except Class C Public Intoxication, which shall be addressed in accordance with Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Section 14.031; and requiring the San Antonio City Council to appoint and provide resources to a Justice Director, with no previous experience in law enforcement, who will be charged with fulfilling the justice policy by providing a justice impact statement before any City Council vote affecting the justice policy and meeting quarterly with community stakeholders to discuss the development of policies, procedures and practices related to the justice policy in open meetings? 

28.37 % (40,237) voted YES

71.63 % (101,590) voted NO

Result - Pro-Abortion Measure Failed

Proposition A - The Code of Ordinances for the City of San Angelo shall be amended by enacting an ordinance outlawing abortion, declaring San Angelo a Sanctuary City for the Unborn, making various provisions and findings, providing for severability, and establishing an effective date.

55.97 % (13,205) voted FOR THE ORDINANCE

44.03 % (10,390) voted AGAINST THE ORDINANCE

Result - Pro-Life Measure Passed

Proposition B - The code of ordinances of the City of Abilene, Texas shall be amended by enacting an ordinance outlawing abortion within the City of Abilene, declaring Abilene a sanctuary city for the unborn, making various provisions and findings, providing for severability, repealing conflicting ordinances, and establishing an effective date.

52.79 % (14,936) voted FOR THE ORDINANCE

47.20 % (13,355) voted AGAINST THE ORDINANCE

Result - Pro-Life Measure Passed

Proposition A

57.70 % (1,582) voted FOR THE ORDINANCE

42.30 % (1,160) voted AGAINST THE ORDINANCE

Result - Pro-Life Measure Passed

Proposition A - The code of ordinances of the City of Plainview shall be amended by enacting an ordinance outlawing abortion, declaring Plainview a sanctuary city for the unborn, making various provisions and findings, providing for severability, and establishing an effective date.

69.25 % (2,423) voted FOR THE ORDINANCE

30.75 % (1,076) voted AGAINST THE ORDINANCE

Result - Pro-Life Measure Passed

Proposition A - The code of ordinances of the City of Lubbock shall be amended by enacting an ordinance outlawing abortion within the City of Lubbock, declaring Lubbock a Sanctuary City for the Unborn, making various provisions and findings, providing for severability, repealing conflicting ordinances, and establishing an effective date.

62.47 % (21,427) voted FOR THE ORDINANCE

37.53 % (12,874) voted AGAINST THE ORDINANCE

Result - Pro-Life Measure Passed