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A hard-hitting new commercial opposing Issue 1 in Ohio exposes how “safe, legal” abortions are killing women. Pro-abortion advocates are lying in their campaign ads telling voters that Ohio’s Issue 1 will protect “women’s lives.” These ads are filled with propaganda “that doctors need to be able to make life-saving decisions that protect their patients.” In response, Created Equal’s new media buy features a TV ad that debunks these lies by revealing how unregulated abortion isn’t safe for women or children. Video Player VIDEO ON LINK 00:00 00:30 The fact is, if Issue 1 passes, all restrictions and regulations protecting...

“We have to start telling the truth about this. We have to protect parental consent and children. We have to vote NO because our moral compass and our families are at stake today.” -Mehek Cooke, Protect Women Ohio spokeswoman COLUMBUS, OH — The Ohio Debate Commission in partnership with Spectrum News hosted an hour-long debate on Issue 1 last week, which is now available to stream online and download. Throughout the debate, the Issue 1 opposition repeatedly called out the deceit and fearmongering coming from the groups supporting Issue 1 and demanded answers to the tough questions, including why Issue...

Today, Ohio Christian and denominational leaders released an open letter opposing Issue 1 and denouncing the abortion industry’s ad suggesting Christians should support the extreme constitutional amendment. The letter is signed by a group of prominent Ohio denominational leaders who come from a variety of backgrounds but together call on Christians to courageously vote no on Issue 1. The leaders emphasize the lies and misinformation surrounding the amendment and call out the abortion industry for using faith to mislead Christians into voting for the amendment. “We should not mistake the lies surrounding this amendment for the truth,” the group writes....

Shadowy out-of-state groups are pouring money into the campaign to enshrine a radical new abortion law in Ohio’s constitution, but will voters fall for it? In the wake of Roe v. Wade’s defeat in the Supreme Court last year, leftist groups are clamoring to dramatically expand abortion up to the day of birth in red states. In Ohio, that means pushing Issue 1—which would establish a right to abort babies long past the point of “fetal viability,” the limit established under Roe. In practice, that means creating a “right” to abort third trimester babies far beyond anything provided by Roe,...

MILFORD, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - Workers at an Ohio restaurant said they quit after the owner posted a sign outside the business encouraging people to vote against a ballot initiative that would protect abortion access in the state. One longtime employee at Copper Blue in Milford said at least half a dozen workers quit, forcing the restaurant to temporarily close. Ohio Issue 1, if it passes, would add an amendment to the Ohio Constitution to give women in the state the right to an abortion. “I’m distraught, honestly,” said former employee Jessika Lambert. “I hate that this is how we...

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...

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is urging voters in the state to reject a radical abortion measure on the ballot in November. DeWine and his wife, Ohio first lady Fran DeWine, deliver the message in an ad by Protect Women Ohio released Wednesday—the same day that early voting began on Ohio Issue 1, the Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative. Pushed by groups such as the ACLU of Ohio and Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, the constitutional amendment would ban the state from interfering with “reproductive decisions,” including abortion—effectively enshrining the “right” to abortion into the Ohio Constitution....

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this guest post are solely those of the guest author. With the overturn of Roe, the legislative fight is now waged at the state level. Ohio is the latest battleground, becoming a hotbed of political debate as voters prepare to face off on Issue 1, a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Issue 1 — “The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety” amendment — is so loosely and vaguely written, one can only surmise its far-reaching implications and devastating ramifications. And if this amendment is passed,...

"Early voting has begun in Ohio and new data shows that Ohioans are favoring the passage of two major statewide issues, according to Baldwin Wallace University’s research institute. An Ohio Pulse Poll was conducted by the university that shows both Issue 1 and Issue 2 would pass if the election was held today. This time, 850 Ohioans were surveyed on how they would vote on Issue 1 and Issue 2, which are both on November’s ballot. Issue 1 would “establish in the Constitution of the State of Ohio an individual right to one’s own reproductive medical treatment, including but not...

Protect Women Ohio (PWO), the coalition opposing Issue 1, released a new ad today featuring Governor Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine highlighting the radical nature of Issue 1 and urging Ohioans – to vote NO on Issue 1. The ad features the Governor and First Lady speaking directly to camera, explaining they have carefully studied the amendment language and concluded Issue 1 goes too far by allowing late-term abortion through all nine months of pregnancy and gutting parental rights. “Issue 1 would allow an abortion at any time during a pregnancy, and it would deny parents the right...

“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” It’s a quote often attributed to former Texas Congressman Ron Paul, a fierce defender of life and the preborn (though some sources argue it first came from British author George Orwell). It applies beautifully to actions recently taken by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who last week released legal analysis on the impact that the November 7th vote on Issue 1 could have on the Buckeye State. According to reporting from Cleveland.com: “Yost contends that Issue 1 would create stronger protections for abortion than those that existed nationwide until last year, when...

A bipartisan group of Black pastors in Ohio released a letter Tuesday calling on voters to oppose a November measure that would enshrine abortion access in the state Constitution and specifically pointed to the negative impact they say abortion has had on the Black community. "As Black faith and community leaders across Ohio who are called to care for God’s people, we urge our fellow Christians, the Black community, and all Ohioans who believe in the inherent value of every person to vote NO on Issue 1 this November," the open letter, signed by more than 100 Black faith leaders,...

Twenty-six states have initiative and/or veto referendum processes at the statewide level. Washington, D.C., also has initiative and referendum processes. The availability of the powers at the local level varies by jurisdiction depending on state and local laws. The initiative process allows citizens to propose a new statute or constitutional amendment. The referendum process allows citizens to refer a law that passed the legislature to the ballot for voters to decide whether to uphold or repeal the law. The following states have initiative and/or veto referendum processes at the statewide level: Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida Idaho Illinois Maine

The state of Arkansas embarked on its biggest highway construction program ever undertaken by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, and the people couldn't be more excited. "Arkansas is a small state with a population of just three million, but this project touches every corner of the state, with a total of 36 projects in 19 corridors," said Keli Wylie, administrator of the CAP Program and alternative project delivery administrator. The goals of the Connecting Arkansas Program include improving transportation connections between cities; increasing capacity by widening highways to four or more lanes; improving safety; and easing congestion. Supplementary aims of...

MASON, Ohio -- A lesbian couple says a community recreation center's refusal to sell them a family pass because they aren't married is discriminatory. Heather Scott, 33, and Carrie Scott, 40, applied for the family pass for themselves and Heather Scott's three children who live with them and were told they don't meet the city's definition of a married couple. "We're no different than anyone else," said Carrie Scott, Heather's partner and the children's stepmother since the women's civil union ceremony in Vermont in 2002. "Our family is the same as the one across the street. It's a little different...

VOTE “NO” ON ISSUE 1 Ohioans have the opportunity to vote against the expansion of Governor Taft’s transforming economic development plan, Issue 1, also known as the Third Frontier. A frontier, according to Webster, is a new field for exploitive or developmental activity. The first frontier was taming the wilderness, the second, the industrial frontier according to some, or the exploration of outer space according to others. For central planners to put the transformation of our economy on par with those frontiers is fair warning that Issue 1 is a big deal. Proponents say it will create jobs (as though...