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Ohio pro-life advocates look to Michigan’s recent push for taxpayer funded abortion as the Buckeye State faces an amendment that would enshrine a right to an abortion in their state’s constitution.
WASHINGTON — As Ohioans face a vote to enshrine broad abortion access in their constitution this November, pro-life advocates say they can look to efforts from emboldened abortion advocates in Michigan, who succeeded with a similar measure in that state last year, to preview what could be in store.
The slim Democratic majority in the Michigan Legislature is currently looking to pass a sweeping package of bills that includes taxpayer funding for abortion, dispensing with health and safety requirements for abortion facilities, and eliminating a 24-hour waiting period before the procedure.
On Nov. 7, Ohioans will vote on Issue 1, which would add “an individual right to one’s own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion” in the state’s constitution which includes allowing “an unborn child to be aborted at any stage of pregnancy, regardless of viability if, in the treating physician’s determination, the abortion is necessary to protect the pregnant woman’s life or health.”
Last fall, around 57% of Michigan voters backed Proposal 3 adding similar language to the state’s constitution that “every individual has a fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” and “the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy,” including abortion. The amendment said that even after viability in “no circumstance shall the state prohibit an abortion that, in the professional judgment of an attending health care professional, is medically indicated to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual.”
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WASHINGTON — As Ohioans face a vote to enshrine broad abortion access in their constitution this November, pro-life advocates say they can look to efforts from emboldened abortion advocates in Michigan, who succeeded with a similar measure in that state last year, to preview what could be in store.
The slim Democratic majority in the Michigan Legislature is currently looking to pass a sweeping package of bills that includes taxpayer funding for abortion, dispensing with health and safety requirements for abortion facilities, and eliminating a 24-hour waiting period before the procedure.
On Nov. 7, Ohioans will vote on Issue 1, which would add “an individual right to one’s own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion” in the state’s constitution which includes allowing “an unborn child to be aborted at any stage of pregnancy, regardless of viability if, in the treating physician’s determination, the abortion is necessary to protect the pregnant woman’s life or health.”
Last fall, around 57% of Michigan voters backed Proposal 3 adding similar language to the state’s constitution that “every individual has a fundamental right to reproductive freedom,” and “the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy,” including abortion. The amendment said that even after viability in “no circumstance shall the state prohibit an abortion that, in the professional judgment of an attending health care professional, is medically indicated to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual.”
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Michigan’s Abortion Extremism: A Cautionary Tale for Ohio?
Ohio pro-life advocates look to Michigan’s recent push for taxpayer funded abortion as the Buckeye State faces an amendment that would enshrine a right to an abortion in their state’s constitution.
