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Coming off a loss in Ohio to increase the threshold for constitutional amendments to pass, SBA Pro-Life America is placing the blame at the feet of Republicans who "bury their heads in the sand" on the issue of abortion.

Ohio is one of three states with ballot measures to protect abortion access, but a Republican-led effort is underway.

The Republican-backed ballot initiative would have increased the threshold to amend the state's constitution, making it more difficult for a measure that would enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution to pass later this year. A "yes" vote on Issue 1 meant that constitutional amendments, including the abortion amendment, would have needed 60% support, rather than the existing minimum of 50% plus one. Currently, organizers must collect a number of signatures equ...

Voters in Ohio have rejected a measure that would have made amending the state constitution more difficult.

A seemingly tedious constitutional amendment could have a significant impact on abortion rights.

Here are the A-to-Z of Issue 1, despite all the double-talk about out of state special interests trying to hijack the Ohio Constitution, Thomas Suddes writes

On Aug. 8, voters in Ohio will head to the polls for an unusually timed constitutional amendment ballot referendum that, if passed, will require that all future amendments to the state constitution reach a 60% threshold in a statewide vote.

Its -- you know, im so optimistic about this country and, you know, we always talk about the mlk quote that he liked to say about justice, you know, the arc of history bending toward justice. i will say, over the past seven, eight years, at least in the trump wing of the republican party, its taken a massive, wicked, depressing detour, and yesterday was another example of that. >> i mean, its 6:35, and the republicans have taken my breath away three times already in this show. >> yeah. >> trump,...

Arguing that the bill signed by Gov. Jim Pillen last week instituting a 12-week abortion ban as well as restrictions on trans youth care violates the state Constitution on single-subject law, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging its legality.

Arguing that the bill signed by Gov. Jim Pillen last week instituting a 12-week abortion ban as well as restrictions on trans youth care violates the state Constitution on single-subject law, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging its legality.