Abortion rights modification passes Ohio’s November poll, promising a expensive battle this fall – KESQ

By JULIE CARR SMYTH
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed constitutional modification guaranteeing abortion entry got here to Ohio’s fall poll Tuesday, establishing what guarantees to be a unstable and dear battle rife with emotional messages and conflicting factual claims.

The poll measure would set up “a basic proper to reproductive freedom” with “affordable limits.” In language just like a constitutional modification that Michigan voters permitted final Novemberwould require restrictions to be imposed past the viability of the fetus outdoors the womb, which is normally across the twenty fourth week of being pregnant and was the usual in Roe v. Wade, to be primarily based on proof of advantages for well being and affected person security.

“Each individual deserves respect, dignity, and the suitable to make reproductive well being care choices, together with these associated to their very own being pregnant, miscarriage care, and abortion with out authorities interference,” Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights government committee members Lauren Blauvelt and Dr. Lauren Beene mentioned in a press release.