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Anti-abortion groups say that the amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio state constitution is a trial run for abortion rights advocacy groups to try similar means in other states across the country that have enacted legislative protections for unborn children.
Activists have used citizen-led initiatives to put constitutional amendment referendums on the ballot that could enact a wide range of pro-abortion policies.
Referendum votes in New York and Maryland are already slated for Nov. 5, 2024.
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GOP lawmakers in North Carolina and Nebraska are casting new 12-week bans as “mainstream,” while Democrats say they are “cruel and extreme.”
Immediately after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republican lawmakers were quick to embrace so-called trigger bans, designed to take effect as soon as the decision was released, while others rushed to pass additional restrictions.