Tuesday’s “Yes” vote on Ohio’s Issue 1adds another tick in the “W” column for abortion rights, as anti-abortion forces have now lost every single time the people have been directly asked whether the government should be able to force us to stay pregnant against our will. It’s a...
Abortion-rights activists saw Issue 1’s defeat as a victory, with a November abortion-rights vote on the horizon in the Buckeye State. Zach Montellaro, National political reporter Aug. 8 election results Issue One Require 60 percent approval on future state constitutional amendments? +- W.Va...
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Voting “yes” on Issue 1 is a vote to add an amendment establishing new protections for reproductive choices to the Ohio Constitution. Petitioners argue that if Issue 1 fails, abortion could be banned outright in Ohio, “even in cases of rape, incest, or when a woman’s life is at ris...
CBS News projects that Ohio's Issue 1 will pass. "Yes" was boosted by huge support from groups that are traditionally supportive of abortion rights such and liberals and Democrats And while both men and women backed "yes", women voted "yes" in larger numbers, particularly women under 30 ...
“Abortion is always on the ballot — if not literally but figuratively through the politicians we elect to serve us,”she said.“It’s also a reminder that this issue isn’t going away.”
But as Molly Shack, coexecutive director of Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a nonprofit fighting Issue 1, told me earlier this year, “I think it’s pretty straightforward,” Ohio Republicans are “afraid of the majority of Ohioans weighing in and having a say over” abortion access in the ...
Opponents have tried to frame Issue 1 as an extreme in the other direction. “People have very differing views about at what point in a pregnancy abortion should be permitted, but a very small number of people think that abortion should be permitted at all times, up until the time of birt...
A broad coalition that rallied Ohioans to “Vote No” on Issue 1 declared victory on Tuesday night in downtown Columbus and vowed to mount an aggressive campaign to protect abortion rights on the November ballot. “Ohio, we did it. Tonight is a major victory for democracy in Ohio...