Proposed constitutional change before Ohio voters could determine abortion rights in state
The defeat of Issue 1 keeps in place a simple majority threshold for passing future constitutional amendments.
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The defeat of Issue 1 keeps in place a simple majority threshold for passing future constitutional amendments.
Ohio voters have resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to pass abortion protections. The vote sets up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on the issue since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right to abortion last year. The defeat of Issue 1 keeps in place a simple majority threshold for passing future changes to the Ohio Constitution, rather than requiring a 60% supermajority. Ohio Republicans placed the question on the summer ballot in hopes of undercutting a citizen initiative voters will decid...
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Ohio voters have resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to pass abortion protections. The vote sets up a fall campaign that will become the
US President Joe Biden hailed the result, describing it as a bid to ‘further erode the freedom of women to make their own health care decisions’.