{"id":2080303,"date":"2023-10-26T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-less-than-1-4-of-ohioans-support-the-unlimited-abortion-outlined-in-issue-1\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:55:27","slug":"poll-less-than-1-4-of-ohioans-support-the-unlimited-abortion-outlined-in-issue-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-less-than-1-4-of-ohioans-support-the-unlimited-abortion-outlined-in-issue-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Majority of Ohioans Oppose Unlimited Abortion in Issue 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fpoll-less-than-1-4-of-ohioans-support-the-unlimited-abortion-outlined-in-issue-1%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=2080303&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>Ohio Voters Reject Radical Abortion Proposal, Poll Finds<\/h2>\n<p>Mere weeks before \u2064Ohio voters weigh in on a ballot proposal that could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-less-than-1-4-of-ohioans-support-the-unlimited-abortion-outlined-in-issue-1\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority of Ohioans Oppose Unlimited Abortion in Issue 1\">ensconce abortion activists\u2019 radical \u200ddemands<\/a> for unlimited abortion in the state\u2019s constitution, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bw.edu\/assets\/community-research-institute\/october_ohio_issues_poll-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new\u2064 poll\u200d found<\/a> that less than one-fourth of Ohio voters support abortion through all nine months \u200cof pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Issue 1 is a deliberately vague ballot proposal that decrees \u201cevery \u200dindividual has a \u2062right\u201d\u200d to \u201creproductive decisions\u201d\u200b regardless \u200cof age or trimester.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates of the constitutional amendment, their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/createdequalorg\/status\/1656374041211555854?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">petitioner<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProtectWomenOH\/status\/1656288294689206274?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pawns<\/a>, and even the pollsters\u00a0claim that the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Party_control_of_Ohio_state_government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state\u2019s Republican trifecta<\/a> could still \u201cprohibit abortion after fetal\u200b viability\u201d if the proposal passes. The ballot measure\u2019s generous language,\u2064 however, \u200bnullifies any such limit so long as a doctor deems abortion necessary for a woman\u2019s health, \u2064a standard that\u2062 is left open to interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin Wallace University (BWU) \u2063Community Research Institute, which conducted a \u201cpulse poll\u201d of 850 registered Ohio\u2062 voters in early\u2064 October,\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bw.edu\/news\/2023\/fall\/10-bw-ohio-pulse-poll-shows-ohio-voters-favor-issues-1-and-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> in its article highlighting the \u2064findings\u200c that \u201cOhio Voters Favor Passage Of Issue \u200c1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, the BWU poll seems to\u200c suggest that there \u2064is widespread support\u200d for\u2063 the extreme amendment. Around 58\u2062 percent \u200bof those \u200csurveyed said they support the ballot initiative.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2062 the other hand, approximately 33.5 percent of respondents said \u2062they plan to reject the proposal that would enact outside activist groups\u2019\u2062 radical\u2064 abortion and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/25\/dear-ohioans-vote-in-2023-or-kiss-your-constitution-and-parents-rights-goodbye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortion-activists-try-to-fool-ohioans-into-constitutional-amendment-threatening-unborn-lives-and-parental-rights\/\" title=\"Ohio abortion activists deceive citizens with constitutional amendment that endangers unborn lives and parental rights.\">anti-parent agenda<\/a><\/a> in the\u200d state. Another 8 percent\u200c were undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Further down in the survey\u2019s findings, however, \u2064researchers admit\u2064 that only 24 percent of Ohio voters say abortion should be \u201cAlways Legally Permitted,\u201d as Issue 1 seeks to do.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is\u200b that number drastically different from the support \u2064BWU and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyc.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/ohio-voters-favor-issue-1-issue-2-november-election\/95-139a1d11-8642-499d-8c3e-322c9eb01714\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/news\/baldwin-wallace-poll-ohio-voters-want-issue-1-issue-2-to-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/oh\/cleveland\/politics\/2023\/10\/18\/politics--study--poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highlighted<\/a>, but it\u2019s down\u2062 three whole points from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bw.edu\/assets\/community-research-institute\/october_ohio_issues_poll%20final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">27 percent<\/a> \u2062measured by the pollster in \u200c2022.<\/p>\n<p>If Ohio voters overwhelmingly reject unlimited abortion, why do \u200dthey\u2064 plan to \u2062vote for it\u2064 in Issue 1? The answer is\u200c deception.<\/p>\n<p>Pollsters\u2064 often rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/14\/associated-press-poll-is-corporate-medias-latest-language-twisting-exercise-in-advancing-abortion-extremism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twisted language<\/a> to advance Democrats\u2019 abortion extremism. In this case, the Issue 1 \u200clanguage is already \u200dso marred with deception and confusion \u200cthat BWU didn\u2019t have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-nantz-how-do-you-successfully-lie-to-300-million-people\/\" title=\"John Nantz: How Do You Successfully Lie To 300 Million People\">play semantic games<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>When unfair framing is stripped from poll questions, voters\u2019 opinions\u2063 about abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/08\/look-how-even-democrat-opinion-shifts-on-abortion-laws-when-polls-stop-using-leftist-framing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drastically shift<\/a> from supporting extreme measures\u200c toward embracing the limits adopted by \u2062Republican\u2063 states and European countries.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of pollsters, Ohio voters may\u200c say they \u201cfavored \u2063a state constitutional amendment to allow access to abortion.\u201d \u2062Their true feelings about legal limits, however,\u2063 reflect \u200btheir disdain for any proposal, including Issue 1, that touts unfettered abortion through every stage of an unborn baby\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>The same phenomenon is present on the \u2064national level. Despite Democrats\u2019 incessant\u200d attempts to normalize <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/28\/democrats-push-taxpayer-funded-abortion-until-birth-despite-significant-unpopularity-among-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taxpayer-funded abortions up until birth,<\/a> only <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/16\/poll-majority-of-americans-still-reject-democrats-unlimited-abortion-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">22 percent of American adults<\/a> support ending life in the womb in the third trimester.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her \u2062work has also been featured in The\u200b Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her \u2062on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063How do the proposed \u200dconstitutional\u200c amendments regarding abortion in Ohio\u2063 compare to\u200b the majority of Americans&#8217; \u200cviews on \u2063the issue<\/h2>\n<p><span>  T-propaganda\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noreferrer\u200b noopener&#8221;>biased sampling methods<\/a> and carefully-worded \u2063questions\u200c to manipulate poll results and push \u2062a \u2062specific narrative. \u200dIn \u2062this case, \u2063the pollsters framed the question in a way that made it seem \u200blike a majority of Ohio voters support \u2064the \u2062ballot initiative, while conveniently \u200bburying the fact that only a small \u200bminority actually support unlimited abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the language of \u2063the ballot proposal\u2064 itself is intentionally vague and misleading. It claims to protect &#8220;reproductive\u200b decisions&#8221; for individuals of\u200d all ages and trimesters, but fails to define what those decisions entail. This leaves the door wide open for abortion\u2062 on demand at\u2062 any stage of\u2064 pregnancy, as long as\u200c a\u2062 doctor deems\u200c it necessary for a woman&#8217;s health. This broad and ambiguous language effectively nullifies any potential restrictions\u200b on abortion, making it a radical and extreme\u2062 amendment.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that Ohio already has a variety of restrictions on abortion, including a\u200d ban on most abortions after 20\u200c weeks \u2062of pregnancy. These reasonable\u200c restrictions are in line with\u200d the majority of Americans&#8217; views \u200bon abortion, which support some limitations on the procedure. It is clear that\u200b the \u200cproposed constitutional\u2063 amendment goes far beyond what the majority of Ohio voters find acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio voters \u2063should not be fooled by the deceptive \u2064tactics of abortion activists and their allies. This ballot proposal does \u2063not represent the\u2064 will of the people, and it is crucial that\u2062 voters reject it\u2062 in\u200b order to protect the\u2063 lives of unborn\u2063 children and preserve the \u2063reasonable\u2062 restrictions on abortion that are currently in place. The future of Ohio&#8217;s abortion\u200d laws hangs in the balance, and it is up to voters to\u200b ensure that the state does not become a\u2063 safe haven for\u2062 unlimited and \u2063unrestricted abortion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mere weeks before Ohio votes on a proposal to include unlimited abortion in the state constitution, a recent poll reveals that less than 25% of voters support abortion throughout all nine months of pregnancy. 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