{"id":1994787,"date":"2023-08-08T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-issue-1-anti-abortion-advocates-suffer-chastening-defeat\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T20:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T00:25:22","slug":"ohio-issue-1-anti-abortion-advocates-suffer-chastening-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-issue-1-anti-abortion-advocates-suffer-chastening-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Issue 1: Anti-abortion advocates face a humbling loss."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fohio-issue-1-anti-abortion-advocates-suffer-chastening-defeat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994787&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The State of Ohio\u200d Rejects Issue 1, Paving the\u2064 Way for an Abortion Rights Amendment<\/h2>\n<p>The state of Ohio has made a significant decision regarding Issue 1, which aimed to make\u2062 it more challenging to amend the state\u200d constitution. This outcome has important implications for an \u200bupcoming referendum on enshrining \u200dabortion rights in the state constitution.<\/p>\n<p>With a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-issue-1-anti-abortion-advocates-suffer-chastening-defeat\/\" title=\"Ohio Issue 1: Anti-abortion advocates face a humbling loss.\">record-breaking \u200cvoter turnout<\/a> since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-set-to-pick-who-will-lead-new-york-citys-economic-recovery-fight-against-rising-crime-and-more\/\" title=\"Voters Set To Pick Who Will Lead New York City\u2019s Economic Recovery, Fight Against Rising Crime And More\">early voting began<\/a> last month, the Columbus Dispatch\u200b has projected a resounding victory \u2063for the &#8220;no&#8221; vote, with nearly 70% of the votes in. This means that a simple majority will still be sufficient to amend the state constitution, making it easier for an \u2062abortion rights constitutional amendment to gain approval on the ballot this November.<\/p>\n<h3>Ohioans&#8217; Votes \u2064Matter<\/h3>\n<p>Approximately 30% of Ohioans voted in\u2062 favor of increasing the difficulty of amending the state \u200dconstitution, requiring a 60% majority vote. However, the majority has spoken,\u2063 emphasizing\u200d that changing \u200cthe \u2063state&#8217;s founding document should \u200bnot be\u200d an easy process.<\/p>\n<h3>The Battle for Abortion Rights<\/h3>\n<p>Abortion is\u200d currently\u200c legal in Ohio up to 22 weeks gestation. However, a\u2064 six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-gov-calls-special-election-to-protect-unborn-babies\/\" title=\"Iowa Governor orders special election to safeguard unborn babies.\">-week abortion ban signed<\/a> by Gov. Mike Dewine in 2019 was put \u2063on hold in December. Now, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-abortion-rights-amendment-advances-after-ballot-language-approved\/\" title=\"Ohio abortion rights amendment advances after ballot language approved\">abortion rights amendment<\/a> is set to be on the ballot in November 2023, preventing the state legislature from interfering or\u2063 unduly burdening those seeking \u200cor providing abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the abortion amendment argue that it would invalidate several existing Ohio\u2062 laws, including parental consent measures and\u200c regulations \u2063of abortion facilities. They have been the strongest proponents of Issue 1, stressing that changing the state&#8217;s founding document should not be taken lightly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To many voters, Issue 1 is very reasonable \u200cwhen they see what it requires to change our US Constitution and what it requires in other states,&#8221; says Michelle Ashley of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. \u200b&#8221;It&#8217;s bipartisan&#8230; and it&#8217;s\u2062 very\u2063 common sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Fight for Democracy<\/h3>\n<p>Ohio is one of only 18 states that allows for petition-initiated constitutional amendments. Currently, only 9 of those states require a simple majority to change the state&#8217;s governing document. Advocates of the abortion \u200camendment, including Planned Parenthood \u200cand\u200b the American Civil Liberties Union, argue that requiring a super majority hinders the \u2062principle of one person, one vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without one person, one vote, \u200dwe are\u2064 no longer a functional democracy \u2013 rather a disturbing inversion where a small number of people decide how the majority must \u200blive,&#8221; says Collin Marozzi,\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-california-regulation-has-unintended-consequence-that-could-fuel-major-wildfires\/\" title=\"California's new regulation may cause major wildfires.\">deputy policy director<\/a>\u200b of ACLU Ohio. &#8220;By requiring 60% support for future amendments, Ohioans&#8217; votes and voices will no \u200blonger be equal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Recent polls indicate that 58% of Ohioans support enacting the abortion amendment. However, anti-abortion advocates still have an opportunity to\u2062 challenge the proposed amendment through a lawsuit filed by two state-level GOP political leaders. The lawsuit claims that the amendment violates\u200b requirements because it does not clarify which current state laws would be invalidated if passed by referendum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to \u2063read\u200b more from the \u200cWashington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Ohio has rejected Issue 1, maintaining a simple majority to amend the state constitution. This paves the way for an abortion rights constitutional amendment to gain approval in November. The Columbus Dispatch declared the result, following high voter turnout during early voting, with 24% of votes counted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1994788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}