Abortions drop by the thousands in Ohio

By Dave Andrusko Reading news that the abortion rate in Ohio continues its downward trend raises your spirits. But if, on November 7, the citizens of The Buckeye State vote in favor of Issue 1 (“The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety”), this ballot initiative will enshrine the right to abortion into …

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7 ways you can fight abortion extremism in Ohio

By Secular Pro-Life Quick summary: Ohio’s Issue 1 would enshrine abortion into the Ohio state constitution. The most crucial volunteers fighting this are those helping with phone banks (which you can do no matter where you live) and those helping with door knocking/canvassing (which you can do if you live in or are able to …

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Ohio Supreme Court to weigh law protecting preborn humans with detectable heartbeats

By Cassy Fiano-Chesser  The Ohio Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments on the state’s law protecting preborn children from abortion after a heartbeat can be detected — usually at about six weeks gestation. In 2019, the law was initially passed, only for a federal court judge to block it. When Roe v. Wade was overturned last summer, it was briefly …

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“Ohioans have a crystal clear picture now of this dangerous ballot initiative and what it would do to unborn children.”

On Tuesday, on a 3-2 vote, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the term “unborn child” will remain in the ballot language for a November 7 vote on whether to enshrine abortion in the state’s constitution.  Read the whole story.

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Abortion lobby uses semantics to put Ohio’s women and children in the crosshairs with “Issue 1”

By Kim Hayes Editor’s note. This is excerpted from a post appearing at Pregnancy Help News. The use of vague but seemingly innocuous language has become a primary strategy of the post-Roe v. Wade abortion advocacy movement.  Most of the current pro-abortion campaign in support of proposed Issue 1 in Ohio appears focused on a scheme to lower …

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Ohio Planned Parenthood perpetuates lies about pregnancy help

By Brittany Summers  August 16 of this year, Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio posted multiple Instagram stories claiming that most pregnancy centers are manipulative and fake. The post stated the following: “We Need to talk about so-called ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ AKA fake clinics? These dangerous organizations lure pregnant people to nonmedical facilities like vans or unmarked buildings, where they …

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Ohio Supreme Court holds ‘unborn child’ wording can remain as part of abortion ballot language

By Dave Andrusko On Tuesday, on a 3-2 vote, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the term “unborn child” will remain in the ballot language for a November 7 vote on whether to enshrine abortion in the state’s constitution. Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights and five petitioners sued the Ohio Ballot Board over wording that substituted “unborn child” for the …

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Michigan Previews What Will Happen Should Issue 1 Pass in Ohio; Pro-Life, Pro-Woman Protections to be Repealed

“Ohio be warned: The tragic consequences of Michigan’s Prop 3 are coming to fruition less than a year after passage. What is happening to our neighbors will certainly happen here if Issue 1 passes.” — Amy Natoce, press secretary for Protect Women Ohio Editor’s note. Protect Women Ohio is a pro-parent, pro-woman, pro-life coalition dedicated to …

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Anti-Parent amendment backers admit opposition to parents’ rights, need to eliminate parental involvement

“Issue 1 backers are finally admitting what we have been saying all along: that this amendment is an anti-parent trojan horse.” – Amy Natoce, press secretary for Protect Women Ohio Editor’s note. Protect Women Ohio is a pro-parent, pro-woman, pro-life coalition dedicated to defeating the ACLU’s extreme anti-parent amendment this November.  COLUMBUS, OH — Protect Women Ohio (PWO) has responded …

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Battle heats up over proposed pro-abortion amendment to Ohio’s state Constitution

By Dave Andrusko No sooner had language been added to clarify what voters would actually be voting on this fall than pro-abortionists sued Ohio ballot officials for substituting “unborn child” for the term “fetus” in the “new official language for a ballot measure that could make abortion a constitutional right in November,” according to Joshua Mercer. A week ago Monday, Ohioans for …

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Ohio abortion amendment ballot language angers advocates, triggers lawsuit

By Bridget Sielicki The Ohio Ballot Board approved language last Thursday that will be shown to voters during the state’s upcoming election on an amendment that would enshrine the “right” to abortion in the state’s constitution — and supporters of the amendment aren’t happy. Abortion supporters say the ballot language is an “abomination,” as it contains a number …

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Having worked your way through the language of the proposed abortion amendment in Ohio, what does it really say, and what would be its real-world effect?

By Dave Andrusko If you can make your way through the rhetorical fog, should it pass, the initiative on the ballot this November would—plain and simple— enshrine unlimited abortion as part of the Ohio Constitution. “Issue 1” would have raised the threshold to change the Ohio state constitution from a simple majority vote to a …

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