Supporters of a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution are far outraising their anti-abortion opponents in the months leading up to the November election. Campaign filings show the pro-Issue 1 campaign brought in nearly $29 million from donors since Sept. 8.
FILE - Signs for and against a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion rights in Ohio stand in front of the Greene County Board of Elections in Xenia, Ohio, Oct. 11, 2023. Abortion rights supporters have raised nearly twice as much money as anti-abortion groups in the fall campaign related to a constitutional amendment that would ensure abortion access in Ohio. Much of the money comes from national groups or wealthy donors outside the state.
The largest donations backing the amendment since Sept. 8 came from out-of-state groups, including three gifts totaling $5.3 million from the progressive Sixteen Thirty Fund, based in Washington, D.C. The Sixteen Thirty FundThe campaign, known as Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, also received $3.
The massive flow of out-of-state cash to the campaign supporting the amendment reflects the enthusiasm with which major donors nationwide have spent to protect abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme CourtIt’s been harder for campaigns against abortion rights to get traction, Lenkowsky said. In Ohio, an August special election that would have swayed November’s election went in the direction of abortion rights supporters, which likely made anti-abortion donors less willing to keep giving.
Amy Natoce, press secretary of Protect Women Ohio, criticized the pro-Issue 1 campaign’s outside funding in a statement to The Associated Press.
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