Signature gathering to put abortion amendment on Ohio ballot in November is 'going very well'
Less than two weeks until the deadline, Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights is saying abortion right advocates will get the signatures needed to put a measure on the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution.
“The signature gathering effort has been going very well and we are on track to be successful,” Dr. Lauren Beene, OPRR co-founder and general pediatrician in Northeast Ohio, said Thursday during a media call. “We will have reached our goals to be able to submit before the deadline coming up in July.”
Abortion is currently legal in Ohio up to 21 weeks as the six-week abortion ban is held up in court. Before the November election, abortion advocates first must look to the Aug. 8 special election when Ohioans will vote on Issue 1, which would raise the threshold for a constitutional amendment to pass from a simple majority of 50% plus one to 60%.100% about keeping a radical pro-abortion amendment“Issue 1 is obviously extremely important to us,” OPRR co-founder and pulmonologist Dr.
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