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An American Civil Liberties Union-backed measure that parents argue would allow children to obtain abortions and genital mutilation surgeries without parental consent got enough signatures to make the ballot in Ohio.
In a demonstration of overwhelming grassroots support, Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, the nonpartisan umbrella organization that is leading the effort to enshrine reproductive rights and abortion access in the Ohio Constitution, Wednesday submitted the signatures required to place The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety Amendment on the 2023 General Election ballot to the Ohio Secretary of State.
Ohio is poised to become the next major abortion battleground after groups seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution on Wednesday submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office.
By Eric Bradner and Jeff Zeleny, CNN
Ohio is poised to become the next major abortion battleground after groups seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution on Wednesday submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office.