A Win for Abortion Rights, a Win for Democracy: Ohio Voters Reject Issue 1

Aug 09, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    38% Negative

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"Ohioans believe that abortion is a personal, private decision that should be up to them and their families without government meddling in their business."
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-6% Liberal
"Fearing a result similar to those from states where voters established constitutional rights to abortion (in California, Michigan, and Vermont) and rejected referendums seeking to allow abortion bans (in Kansas and Kentucky), the Ohio GOP set out to end majority rule."
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-18% Liberal
"After the US Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion last year, Ohio supporters of reproductive rights made it known that they would seek to amend the state constitution in order to guarantee access to abortion."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Democratic US Senator Sherrod Brown, who was an outspoken No on 1 campaigner, faces a tough reelection campaign in the state next year, and the groundwork that was laid in 2023 is likely to benefit that bid."
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-2% Liberal
"By rejecting Issue 1, aounced an energized Sherrod Brown on Tuesday night, Ohioans rejected special interests and demanded that democracy remain where it belongs -- in the hands of voters, not the rich and powerful."
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-18% Liberal
"During the campaign, Brown declared that the ballot measure was about powerful people trying to get more power -- at Ohio's expense."
Negative
-20% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Ohioans believe that abortion is a personal, private decision that should be up to them and their families without government meddling in their business."
41% : Fearing a result similar to those from states where voters established constitutional rights to abortion (in California, Michigan, and Vermont) and rejected referendums seeking to allow abortion bans (in Kansas and Kentucky), the Ohio GOP set out to end majority rule.
39% : After the US Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion last year, Ohio supporters of reproductive rights made it known that they would seek to amend the state constitution in order to guarantee access to abortion.

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