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They’ve finished the battle, now it’s time for the war. That’s the sentiment on both sides of the Issue 1 fight, who have now pledged to come out of the ballot measure’s defeat and move on to the abortion referendum in November. Both, unsurprisingly, expect to come out ahead.
Ohioans overwhelmingly voted to defeat the GOP-backed Issue 1, paving the way for the abortion rights amendment to gain approval if it’s supported by a simple majority of voters.
Ohio voters rejected a GOP-backed measure that would have made it harder to change the state’s constitution and protect abortion rights.
The rejection of Ohio Issue 1 keeps in place century-old rules for changing the state constitution, which will govern a November vote on a proposed abortion rights amendment.