Ohioans Turn Out for Key Vote That Could Thwart Abortion Amendment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "The radical left's agenda is all about gender transformation without parental approval, and restricting First Amendment and Second Amendment rights, as a few examples.
47% : KETTERING, Ohio -- As the polls opened at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 8 for Ohio's special election, more than half a million voters had already cast their ballots on a crucial measure that could decide the fate of an initiative to enshrine abortion as a right in the state's constitution.
47% : "Opponents of Issue 1 want it to be easier to restrict gun rights and parental rights, and they want to make it easier to allow abortion."
43% : "The left wants to jam it in there this coming November, and so, yes, it's about abortion."
38% : While the ballot measure does not specifically pertain to abortion, if passed, it could affect a proposed amendment to establish a constitutional right to abortion, which will be on the ballot this November.
38% : "They say it is not just about abortion, but that is on the ballot in November, and it would be un-American if 59 percent of Ohioans voted for abortion rights, and it still would not be enough votes."
36% : But Al Barkalow, a conservative from left-leaning west Dayton, said the ramifications of Issue 1 extend far beyond abortion.

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