Ohio Could Vote To Protect Abortion Rights As Latest Ballot Measure Moves Forward

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Anti-abortion opponents of the ballot measure believe it goes too far by allowing abortion up to the point of viability -- usually about 23 or 24 weeks into a pregnancy -- the Enquirer reports, and
47% : "This grassroots initiative -- by and for the people of Ohio -- will create common-sense guarantees for Ohioans' freedom to make decisions about their own reproductive health care, including abortion," Kellie Copeland of Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom, one of the groups behind the ballot measure, said in a statement Monday.
47% : The PRRI poll found a majority of voters in 43 states and the District of Columbia support abortion being legal in all or most cases, with South Dakota (42%), Utah (42%), Arkansas (43%), Oklahoma (45%), Idaho (49%), Mississippi (49%), and Tennessee (49%) being the only states where fewer backed legal abortion.
46% : Ohio could become the next state to ask voters to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution as a state board voted Monday to let a proposed ballot measure move forward and start gathering signatures, part of a broader movement by abortion rights advocates nationwide to use ballot measures to protect access in states where abortion is banned or under threat.
45% : That's the percentage of Ohio residents who say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to a PRRI poll conducted between March and December 2022.
45% : The ballot measures are in line with public polling suggesting most voters support abortion being at least mostly legal, even in GOP-led states, making the strategy an attractive way to harness public opinion and overcome lawmakers' bans on abortion access.
42% : Other states could put abortion on the ballot.
40% : Kansas voters struck down a ballot measure in August that would have paved the way for the state to ban abortion, followed by ballot measures in California, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana and Vermont in November.

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