Biden spikes the football after Ohio voters kill an effort to stymie abortion rights

[RandySF]

President Joe Biden on Tuesday night wasted little time in declaring victory after a broad coalition of Ohioans resoundingly rejected a GOP-led effort to short-circuit an abortion rights vote this November.

"Today, Ohio voters rejected an effort by Republican lawmakers and special interests to change the state's constitutional amendment process," Biden said in a late-night statement released by the White House. "This measure was a blatant attempt to weaken voters' voices and further erode the freedom of women to make their own health care decisions. Ohioans spoke loud and clear, and tonight democracy won.

While votes are still being counted after 11:30 p.m. EDT, multiple major media organizations and election forecasters projected that Ohio has rejected Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would have raised the threshold for any future amendment to pass. While proponents tried to cast their issue in broad terms, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose made it explicitly clear that the issue was about abortion.

If it had passed, abortion rights advocates would have needed to reach 60% this November to pass a proposed amendment guaranteeing basic rights through fetal viability or roughly 22 weeks of pregnancy. Now, the proposed amendment will just need a simple majority.



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[liberalla]

1. Wonderful! Way to go Ohio!

I celebrate with you and President Biden tonight!

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

2. The Banana Republicans won't go down without a fight.

The GQP is already working on their Plan B.

Lawsuit asks Ohio Supreme Court to toss abortion access amendment off November ballot
(July 31, 2023)
A lawsuit asks the Ohio Supreme Court to block the proposed reproductive and abortion rights amendment that’s been certified to appear on the ballot in November.

The lawsuit, filed by Cincinnati attorney Curt Hartman on behalf of two Republicans on Friday, asks the court to bar the amendment from the ballot because it doesn’t specifically list state laws that would be changed if it is passed.

The lawsuit claims those laws include the six-week abortion ban that took effect briefly last summer before litigation put it on hold, along with the ban on abortion after a diagnosis of Down syndrome and the law requiring parental consent for abortions for minors.

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They'll probably lose, but it's a reminder to keep an eye on the anti-abortion extremists.

[peggysue2]

3. Agreed!

The extremists have no plans to 'go quietly into that good night.' They're in the fight until the bitter end.

Which means we need to be even more resolute. No taking our eye off the ball, even after a huge, important success.

Eyes on the Prize!