Ohioans will vote this week on a ballot measure that could kill a November abortion rights ballot measure by raising the vote threshold for it to pass. See potential bias and similarities in coverage from BBCNews, amprog, and NRO:
Ohio’s constitution allows citizens to sidestep the state legislature and pass constitutional amendments via ballot measures. In November, Ohioans will vote on one such measure, backed by state Democrats, which would establish an individual right to pre-viability abortion — similar to the standard under Roe v. Wade. It would also establish a right to individual autonomy on contraception, fertility care, and miscarriage care.
have found that about 58% of Ohioans backed the abortion rights amendment, but support for Issue 1 is more split.News and opinion coverage featured a clear partisan split. Coverage from the left often discussed “enshrining abortion rights”;
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