Peter Slevin writes on the results of the passage of the ballot measure in Ohio to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution.
On Tuesday, what started as a grassroots initiative with an uncertain outcome turned into the biggest victory for abortion rights since the Supreme Court ’s Dobbs decision, in June, 2022, overturned the rights guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. In a state that has long been dominated by Republicans, more than two million people endorsed a constitutional amendment asserting that “every individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions .
-dominated legislature to abolish August special elections, which historically have low turnout, calling them “bad news for the civic health of our state.” At first, he insisted that changing the rules was simply a matter of “good government.” But, addressing supporters in Seneca County, he said that the tactic was “one hundred per cent about keeping a radical pro-abortion amendment out of our constitution.” Voters rejected that move by fourteen percentage points.
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