Washington No Public Funding of Abortions, Initiative 471 (1984)

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A No Public Funding of Abortions, Initiative 471 ballot proposition was on the November 6, 1984 ballot in the State of Washington as an Initiative to the People, where it was defeated.

Election results

Initiative 471
Result		Votes	Percentage
d No		949,921	53.13%
Yes		838,083	46.87%

Text of measure

The question asked on the ballot was, "Shall public funding of abortions be prohibited except to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or her unborn child?"

Path to the ballot

Initiative 471 was fed on April 16, 1984 by Michael Undseth. 162,324 signatures were submitted to qualify it for the ballot.

Abortion on the Washington ballot

• Washington Abortion Rights, Initiative 120 (1991)
• Washington Changes in Abortion Law, Referred Bill 20 (1970)
• Washington Late-Term Abortion Act, Initiative 694 (1998)

See also

• Washington 1984 ballot measures
• List of Washington ballot measures
• 1984 ballot measures
• List of ballot measures by year
• List of ballot measures by state

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External links

• Election results
• 1984 Washington Voter Guide

References

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