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Ohio Passes Issue 1 to Allow Killing Babies in Abortions Up to Birth
mystery-ak:
Ohio Passes Issue 1 to Allow Killing Babies in Abortions Up to Birth
State | Steven Ertelt | Nov 7, 2023 | 9:33PM | Columbus, Ohio
Ohio voters approved Issue 1 tonight after a monumental abortion battle in the Buckeye State. With 57 percent of the vote counted, Ohio voted 56% to 44% for Issue 1, which will make killing babies in abortions a so-called “right” in the state constitution.
The result was not surprising given how abortion advocates bought the vote. Also, Ohio voters also voted today on a ballot measure to legalize marijuana. That very likely increased turnout of liberal voters who were more likely to vote for abortion.
The pro-abortion side dominated fundraising – with reports towards the end of the election showing that they had 3-1 fundraising advantage over pro-life groups. The out of state dark money and millions from leftists like George Soros, the ACLU and Planned Parenthood allowed the pro-abortion side to dominate TV and online with blatantly false commercials that further angered liberal voters and drove them to the polls in higher numbers.
The Associated Press (AP) reported last Thursday that since September 8, the pro-abortion “yes” side in the referendum has raised almost three times more money than the pro-life “no” side: $29 million compared to less than $10 million. Much of the money for the pro-abortion side — likely over $50 million by the time it’s said and done — came from out of state and even out of the country while major pro-life donations came from within Ohio.
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https://www.lifenews.com/2023/11/07/ohio-passes-issue-1-to-allow-killing-babies-in-abortions-up-to-birth/
Free Vulcan:
While they may have spent alot of money, the bottom line is the majority of the electorate bought the BS. If America has one achilles heel, it's we'd rather feel righteous than actually be right.
mountaineer:
Bittersweet Day for Abortion Abolition as Ground is Gained in North Carolina and Lost in Ohio
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Paul Brown
Election Day 2023 was a bittersweet day for abortion abolition, as delegates to the North Carolina Baptist Convention gave their stamp of approval to an abolitionist proposed resolution, and Ohio voters enshrined the right to murder the pre-born into their state constitution. ...
https://protestia.com/2023/11/08/bittersweet-day-for-abortion-abolition-as-ground-is-gained-in-north-carolina-and-lost-in-ohio/
libertybele:
Absolutely disgusting.
The_Reader_David:
I'm afraid the pro-life movement is making the perfect the enemy of the good, and will keep losing these battle as long as it does.
Whenever something like this is proposed in any state, the opposing tactic should be to offer an opposing state constitutional amendment that uses a utilitarian preamble that acknowledges a right to bodily autonomy, but on the basis of a state interest in the prevention of fetal pain, allows the legislature to forbid abortion after the 12th week of pregnancy except to save the mother from death or permanent disability* or in cases of rape or incest in which a criminal complaint against the circumstances of conception has been filed and a court is convinced on a preponderance of the evidence standard that the mother was prevented by circumstance beyond her control from obtaining the abortion in the first 12 weeks.
Without an explicit framing as more-or-less "we want to copy a Nordic country's abortion law", the issue will always be framed by the pro-abortion side as no abortions (alas a losing proposition at the ballot box) v. allowing abortion (and glossing over the fact that it's at any time in pregnancy for any reason). Polling shows that most Americans would be happy with a Nordic-style abortion regime.
*Sorry about that, but if one is going the utilitarian route, one needs to go the utilitarian route.
Really getting rid of abortion on demand in America is a matter of moral and religious revival, not of law and politics.
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