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Ohio’s Abortion Amendment, Explained

The attempt to relax abortion restrictions will likely be the only abortion-related state referendum this year.
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose at a campaign stop on November 4, 2022 in Moraine, Ohio. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A proposed amendment to Ohio’s constitution, which would guarantee the legality of abortions until fetal viability, has gathered enough signatures to make the ballot in November, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced on Tuesday. It’s the only confirmed abortion-related referendum at the state level this November, a drop from 2022, when three states approved amendments similar to Ohio’s.

Audrey Baker is an intern for The Dispatch.

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