For 111 years, Ohioans have had a straightforward way to try to bring about change. But Ohio Republicans, who control both chambers of the state legislature and have sought to restrict access to abortion, are trying to make the process more difficult.
the abortion amendment, suggesting that the referendum measure would easily pass under existing rules but could come up just short under the 60 percent standard.at P.J. McIntyre’s, an Irish pub in Cleveland with a mural of a pint of Guinness stout on one wall and a silhouette of Ireland on another. Some wrote personalized postcards urging people to vote this summer as others downloaded a phone app they would use to guide their door-knocking efforts.
“The flip side is that 40 percent could defeat it,” she said of a constitutional amendment. “That’s kind of lopsided.” Later that day, at a fundraiser for a coalition of antiabortion groups at a farm southwest of Columbus, top Republicans delivered a similar message.launched a bid for the U.S. Senate, was up first.
Tuesday’s vote looms amid the nation’s broader fight over abortion. In 2019, Ohio lawmakers passed a law banning abortion when fetal cardiac activity is detected, often at six weeks of pregnancy, but thewent into effect“It was devastating to people,” said Sri Thakkilapati, executive director of Preterm, an abortion clinic in Cleveland.
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