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Radical Ohio abortion amendment would allow partial-birth, dismemberment abortion: attorney general
Life Site News ^ | October 7, 2023 | Calvin Freiburger

Posted on 10/20/2023 5:02:21 AM PDT by Morgana

OLUMBUS, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) — A proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution enshrining a “right” to effectively unlimited abortion in the Buckeye State would go far beyond the Roe v. Wade status quo and block prohibitions on partial-birth and dismemberment abortions, allow abortionists to target disabled babies, and end parental consent requirements, according to a legal analysis from the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.

Drafted by the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and backed by the Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights (OPRR) advocacy arm Protect Choice Ohio (PCO), the proposed Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety Amendment posits a “right” to make “personal reproductive” decisions, “including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one’s own pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion,” which the state “shall not, directly or indirectly, burden, penalize, prohibit, interfere with, or discriminate against.”

The amendment will appear on the state’s November 7, 2023, ballot as Ohio Issue 1, when voters will decide whether it should be adopted and override all present and future abortion laws from the Ohio legislature.

READ: Google bans viral video showing former abortionist describing how abortions are done

On Thursday, Yost released a legal analysis conducted by a team from his office to give citizens “accurate information so they can make informed decisions.”

The analysis provides a list of current Ohio laws that the amendment could jeopardize, including its heartbeat-based six-week abortion ban, ban on abortions sought specifically to exterminate a child diagnosed with Down syndrome, ban on second-trimester dilation & evacuation (“dismemberment”) abortion methods, 20-week ban based on fetal pain, mandatory 24-hour waiting period and informed-consent standards, parental consent laws, ban on post-viability abortions, parental consent requirement, abortion pill safety regulations, restrictions on taxpayer funding of abortion, contraception, and fertility procedures; and parental involvement requirements for minors’ contraception, sterilization, and gender “transition” decisions.

The amendment, the analysis determined, would establish a more stringent standard for reviewing pro-life laws than the ones in place nationwide for decades prior to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe last year, which “will make it harder for Ohio to maintain the kinds of law already upheld as valid prior to last year’s decision in Dobbs. In other words, the Amendment would give greater protection to abortion to be free from regulation than at any time in Ohio’s history. That new test includes definitions and other terms that likewise make it harder for any law covering ‘reproductive decisions’ to survive.”

READ: Former abortionist describes horrific dismemberment abortions during Planned Parenthood hearing

The amendment’s language “covers any burden” on the “right” to abort, “apparently however slight,” and potentially “any area where the State acknowledges abortion or other ‘reproductive’ care – such as fertility treatment – as different from other procedures, such as by not funding such elective procedures under Medicaid or other State benefit programs.” It would end “fetal life” or “medical ethics” as legitimate state interests relating to abortion because they are distinct from “advanc[ing] the [pregnant] individual’s health,” and impose “least restrictive means” and “widely accepted and evidence-based standards of care” that are less open to interpretation by the judgment of the people’s elected representatives.

Additionally, by declaring that every “individual” has these “rights,” the amendment can be interpreted to mean “minors having the same rights as adults, as opposed to the traditional practice of children having limited rights,” which would create problems for parental consent and notification requirements. And while it technically allows abortion to be banned after fetal viability, such bans would still be subject to the abortionist’s personal judgment of medical necessity, rendering any such ban effectively meaningless.

On Friday, an estimated 5,000 to 6,000 Ohioans descended on the state’s capital for the Ohio March for Life, many brandishing signs specifically calling for Issue 1 to be rejected.

READ: Catholic priest: Voting for pro-abortion, pro-LGBT policies puts your ‘eternal salvation at risk’

“So many Ohioans think that if Issue 1 successfully passes that it will return Ohio to where the abortion and pro-life limitations were prior to Roe being overturned,” said national March for Life president Jeanne Mancini. “That’s not true. This will go so much farther than Roe. In fact, overnight, Ohio, which has been a traditionally a very pro-life state, will become one of the most pro-abortion states in the country, if not the most pro-abortion state.”

Another group, Protect Women Ohio (PWO), is also running a $5 million statewide advertising campaign in hopes of raising awareness of the amendment’s ramifications for gender-confused youth. PWO spokeswoman Amy Natoce has previously observed that the measure’s true nature “is so unpopular that [the ACLU] couldn’t even rely on grassroots support to collect signatures,” and instead “paid out-of-state signature collectors to lie to Ohioans” about it.

Last weekend, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati directed each of its parishes to play for churchgoers a homily by Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, urging all Ohio Catholics to vote against the amendment, which he called a “clear threat to human life and dignity.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: abortion; elections; ohio; prolife
If you ask me sounds like Planned Parenthood wants to use Ohio to farm out baby body parts.
1 posted on 10/20/2023 5:02:21 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Is this a referendum question? If so how did it wind up on the ballot? If it’s just a proposal in the legislature why wasn’t it killed the moment it first appeared?


2 posted on 10/20/2023 5:13:43 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: Banana Republic)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I have not a clue I don’t live in Ohio.

Who here lives in Ohio and can fill us in on that?


3 posted on 10/20/2023 5:17:15 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana

Ohio must vote this down. These people are Demonic.


4 posted on 10/20/2023 5:21:17 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: Gay State Conservative
Is this a referendum question?

Yes it a referendum on the ballot. Polling I have seen shows it will pass with close to 60% majority. That is heartbreaking, but well, democracy.

5 posted on 10/20/2023 5:26:03 AM PDT by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: Morgana

https://news.yahoo.com/poll-shows-ohio-voters-favor-205425030.html


6 posted on 10/20/2023 5:30:08 AM PDT by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: Morgana

Who would even do that? The “medical” profession is lost. This is simply slaughter of our own children.


7 posted on 10/20/2023 5:34:26 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Morgana

Voting for abortion is a mortal sin.


8 posted on 10/20/2023 5:37:19 AM PDT by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.)
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To: Morgana

Prayer For Women Planning An Abortion

Heavenly Father, we know that every good and perfect gift comes from You and that children are a special heritage from the Lord. But Father, we also know that the enemy of our soul seeks to kill and destroy all that is from You, and especially the lives of little babies in the womb.

And so we lift up all women who may be planning to have an abortion, or who have been deceived into thinking that this is a woman’s right, rather than a sin against their creator God, and we pray that You would create in their hearts a desire to do what is right and a realisation of the evil that surrounds the practice of abortion, that they themselves are considering

Bring into the life of each mother those that would give godly counsel and change the hearts of those who have already made a decision to go down the route of abortion.

Instil in the heart of each woman a deep love for the baby they are carrying, and we pray that many may be prompted to turn from their planned abortion and look to the Lord Jesus, for the grace do what is right. This we ask in Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.”
(Psalm 139:13)

“And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:”
(Luke 1:41)

“For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
(Judges 13:5)

“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,”
(Galatians 1:15)

“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.”
(John 3:8)

“Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.”
(Psalm 51:6)

“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
(Psalm 51:5)

“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
(Proverbs 17:17)

Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/prayer/prayer-for-women-planning-an-abortion-1443


9 posted on 10/20/2023 5:37:48 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Morgana

Prayer For Mothers Considering An Abortion

Heavenly Father, we lift up the many mothers who are today considering an abortion, and pray that in Your grace You would direct them to make a godly and wise decision.

Lord, You know the individual circumstances of each and every woman, and the many arguments they may be using in their decision, of whether of not to abort the babe in their womb.

We pray that You would send godly councillors, wise advisors and caring friends to come alongside them and offer them guidance, hope and comfort, and we ask that in Your grace You would give them reassurance in their hearts, that abortion is not the answer to their problem, and recognise that You are the Author of life and hope.

We pray that You would convict many to discard their thoughts of aborting their baby, and trust You to lead and guide in the future choices they make. This we ask in Jesus’ Name,

Amen.

“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.”
(Psalm 139:13)

Source: https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/prayer/prayer-for-mothers-considering-an-abortion-1439


10 posted on 10/20/2023 5:39:24 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Morgana

In Ohio, ballot amendments such as this are approved/fail by a simple majority vote. Back in May there was a special election to change this to 60/40, but it failed. That effort was undertaken with exactly this Amendment in mind.

Commercials here in favor of this monstrosity are, of course, all about keeping government out of “health care” decisions, rights, etc. Total BS.

This is incredibly sad to see.


11 posted on 10/20/2023 6:16:29 AM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: Morgana

You can be sure those promoting the amendment will not make transparently clear to the voters exactly what the amendment will require the state to allow. They will instead work to obfuscate the meaning of the bill in their narrative of “rights”.


12 posted on 10/20/2023 6:35:15 AM PDT by Wuli
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