Posted on 10/20/2023 1:58:56 PM PDT by Morgana
WJW) — Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, ending Americans’ longstanding constitutional right to abortion and putting the issue up to states, voters in five states have either enshrined abortion rights in their state constitutions or rejected anti-abortion proposals.
Ohio has become the latest battleground on the issue, and it’s set to put the issue before voters in the Nov. 7 general election.
Here we break down the proposed constitutional amendment, named The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety.
What is Ohio’s Issue 1?
Issue 1, if passed, would change the Ohio Constitution to give individuals the right to make their own decisions relating to reproductive health, including on abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy and miscarriage care. The government would not be able to interfere with this right.
The proposal allows for abortions to be prohibited after a fetus reaches viability. Fetal viability is when a physician determines a fetus has “a significant likelihood of survival outside the uterus with reasonable measures,” reads the proposed amendment.
Viability is determined on a case-by-case basis. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, most clinicians consider a fetus to be viable outside the uterus sometime between weeks 20 and 25 — though survival rates can vary greatly over that period and infants who do survive will likely face health issues.
Currently, abortions in Ohio are banned after 21 weeks and six days of pregnancy.
Though Issue 1 would allow the government to prohibit abortions after fetal viability, abortions would still be permitted no matter what if a physician determines “it is necessary to protect the pregnant patient’s life or health,” the amendment reads.
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It says “including but not limited to” “decisions relating to reproductive health, including on abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy and miscarriage care.”
In other words, chemical or surgical procedures involving sex organs is a reproducive decision.
It says “every individual has a right”. This includes 8 year olds.
It says “including but not limited to” “decisions relating to reproductive health, including on abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy and miscarriage care.”
In other words, chemical or surgical procedures involving sex organs is a reproducive decision.
It says “every individual has a right”. This includes 8 year olds.
They’ve put this into an off-year election where a lot of people aren’t otherwise motivated. On my ballot there’s three county offices with incumbents running unopposed, and this abortion referendum. Same trick our school boards use to sneak new millages through when nobody’s looking.
Yes, I read the language on my ballot. It will make Ohio a destination state for the most gruesome of abortion procedures. I’ll bet not one in ten women who vote “yes” understand that.
Next the hoplophobes will use this egregious flaw in the Ohio constitution to repeal Constitutional Carry and who knows what-all else.
What stinky propaganda! If it was never in the Constitution, then it was never a constitutional right.
I agree. There is no right to sin, let alone a constitutional right.
First, there is another statewide issue on the ballot. Basically it would allow for recreational grass.
As for when it was placed on the ballot, most sponsoring entities try to find a time favorable to them. Wasn’t that why the August special election was held? Yeah, it backfired, but that election was done to favor the sponsor’s outcome.
Currently, abortions in Ohio are banned after 21 weeks and six days of pregnancy.<\i>
While that isn’t in your reply, the statement is incorrect. The Ohio legislature and the governor signed a heartbeat bill that is currently not being enforced but could be at anytime. But that bill was the catalyst of the current constitutional language on the ballot.
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