Ahead of the November vote on abortion access, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is asking for a compromise on abortion policy.
In just two months, Ohioans will decide if they have a constitutional right to have an abortion, contraception, miscarriage care and fertility treatment.
Beene is the executive director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, one group that is part of the coalition Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights. Issue 1 failing means that Ohioans only need to break 50%+1 to pass a constitutional amendment to protect abortion access. The doctor is confident this will happen.
The governor doesn’t think the majority of Ohioans will approve of the proposal — but during a one-on-one with News 5 last November, he acknowledged the currently blocked six-week ban isn’t popular. Although it was discussed with the press, lawmakers haven’t taken up his suggestion to make the ban more moderate. News 5 brought this up to him Thursday.Trau asked how he was evaluating the six-week ban ahead of the November election.
Beene wondered if this was just an opportunity for lawmakers to promise to go back on the restrictive law to appease some planning to vote for the abortion amendment because they disapprove of the six-week ban. Either way, she's not buying it.
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