Ohio abortion vote misinformation spread on legislative website
Misinformation about an abortion rights measure on Ohio's fall ballot is being spread from the website of the Republican-controlled Ohio state Senate.
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Misinformation about an abortion rights measure on Ohio's fall ballot is being spread from the website of the Republican-controlled Ohio state Senate.
Misinformation targeting a reproductive rights measure on Ohio's fall ballot is appearing in an unusual place: the official website of the Republican-controlled state Senate.
Issue 1 "would establish an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion," according to the ballot language.
New state filings offer the first look at financing of both sides of Ohio Issue 1, the statewide abortion-rights amendment.
The inflammatory language targeting a reproductive rights measure on Ohio's fall ballot is the type of messaging that is common in the closing weeks of a highly contested initiative campaign -- warning of "abortion on demand" or "dismemberment of fully conscious children" if voters approve it.