Ohio voters add abortion rights to state constitution
Ohio voters add abortion rights to state constitution
In a major victory for abortion-rights advocates, Issue 1 enshrines the right to the procedure into the constitution
Way to go Ohio! Stay mad regressives
This bit, below, is sure to get the attention of Christofascist and Christofascist-adjacent politicians in the US. They don't care at all about the welfare of the citizenry, but they do care about money and power and keeping the funnels of both wide open.
Outside money poured into the race. In the last few months alone, the effort to champion Issue 1 and abortion rights raised nearly $30m, out-raising anti-abortion forces by roughly $20m.
As many have pointed out, the more we keep showing up and voting for these issues, the more they will have to change tact to keep their jobs, Republicans included. Imagine if conservatives were forced to be more progressive simply because they were afraid of losing their cushy government job...
I'd like to thank the evangelicals for delivering a can't lose issue for democrats to run on in the coming elections. We couldn't have done it without you!