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A measure failed Tuesday that would have aided pro-lifers in their efforts against an amendment expanding abortion access.
Pro-lifers in Ohio faced a setback Tuesday with the defeat of Issue One, a measure that would have made it more difficult to amend the state’s constitution. A majority, 57%, of voters rejected the amendment to raise the threshold to pass constitutional amendments from a 50%-plus-one majority to 60%. While the vote was not directly about abortion, it would have made it more difficult to pass an amendment, coming up for a vote in November, which would ensure virtually unlimited abortion access.
The amendment, backed by Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union would add language to the Ohio Constitution, statingthat “every individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion.” Pro-life groups have raised concerns that the amendment would take away parental rights, allow late-term abortion, and do away with the state’s existing health and safety requirements for abortion clinics.
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Pro-lifers in Ohio faced a setback Tuesday with the defeat of Issue One, a measure that would have made it more difficult to amend the state’s constitution. A majority, 57%, of voters rejected the amendment to raise the threshold to pass constitutional amendments from a 50%-plus-one majority to 60%. While the vote was not directly about abortion, it would have made it more difficult to pass an amendment, coming up for a vote in November, which would ensure virtually unlimited abortion access.
The amendment, backed by Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union would add language to the Ohio Constitution, statingthat “every individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion.” Pro-life groups have raised concerns that the amendment would take away parental rights, allow late-term abortion, and do away with the state’s existing health and safety requirements for abortion clinics.
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Ohio Pro-Lifers Look to November After Special Election Setback
A measure failed Tuesday that would have aided pro-lifers in their efforts against an amendment expanding abortion access.
