Ohio abortion rights supporters submit 710,000 signatures, gunning for November ballot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — JULY 05: Field staffer directors for Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, Dakota DesRochers and Keith Siddall wait to unload the second truck with the remainder of 402 boxes of petitions with over 700,000 signatures being delivered to Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, July 5, 2023, at the loading dock of the Office of the Ohio Secretary of State, downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Bill Wood was one of many collecting signatures, and he said he was overwhelmed by the support he saw the past three months. “I will tell you when we brought this to our people, we have never seen an outpouring of interest and commitment like we’ve seen this year,” Wood said.The measure would allow abortion in the state via, that states “every individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy, miscarriage care and abortion.
Pro-abortion rights groups say signatures were collected in every Ohio county, something that may come in handy with, Issue 1, on the ballot in August that would require 60% of Ohio voters to approve of a measure, and require signatures to come from all 88 counties, rather than just the 44 of 88 required in current law.
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