Ohio puts abortion access on the ballot in November
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A majority of Ohio voters say abortion should generally be legal, an AP poll found.
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Ohio voters will decide on abortion access in November ballot
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Ohio puts abortion access on the ballot in November
The fraught politics of abortion have helped turn an August ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution into a cauldron of misinformation and fear-mongering.
Ohio voters will decide this fall whether the right to an abortion should be added to the state constitution. Officials said Tuesday that enough signatures were gathered to get the proposal on the ballot. However, it’s an open question how much support the amendment will need to pass.
Ohio voters will have the opportunity this fall to decide whether to guarantee access to abortion in the state, setting up a volatile fight rife with emotional messaging and competing factual claims.
Backers of a proposal to establish a right to abortion in the Ohio Constitution submitted enough valid signatures to put the question on the November ballot.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to abortion made Ohio’s fall ballot Tuesday, setting up what promises to be a volatile and expensive fight rife with emotional messaging and competing factual claims.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose confirms organizers gathered enough signatures to earn ballot access. However, the separate Issue 1 could hamper possible passage.
With abortion policy now up to states, activists are looking to state constitutions as a way to guarantee or deny rights. And that’s leading to battles over how easily constitutions can be amended.
GOP politicians are holding a special election to make it harder for an abortion rights measure to pass in November, and voters don't appear to be fooled.
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Tuesday that organizers submitted enough valid signatures to put an amendment on the November ballot to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution.
A November vote on a pro-abortion Ohio amendment is considered a bellwether ahead of the 2024 presidential election a year after the end of Roe v. Wade.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio voters will have the opportunity this fall to decide whether to guarantee access to abortion in the state, setting up a volatile fight rife with emotional messaging and competing factual claims.
