The law banning abortion at around six weeks, when a fetal heart tone is detected, is on hold by a court. Polling shows it's unpopular in Ohio.
A yard sign opposing Issue 1, a proposed abortion-rights, Ohio constitutional amendment, is seen outside a Columbus house on Oct. 10, 2023. Editor’s Note: Ohioans will decide Nov. 7 whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer are recirculating past content about abortion in Ohio to help readers understand the issue and the campaigns. This story originally published on Oct. 14, 2023.
Anti-abortion activists have been obfuscating that fact, shifting the message they are projecting to voters in the final weeks of the campaign. The anti-abortion group’s message may confuse voters, said Desiree Tims, president and CEO of left-leaning Innovation Ohio, who said her opponent in a recent debate over Issue 1 made a similar claim about the status of abortion in Ohio, without mentioning the heartbeat law.
Terry Casey, a Republican strategist in Columbus, said he also sees signs of the “no” campaign trying to sow doubts over what the amendment would do. Voters often vote “no” when they’re confused about what an amendment would do, a dynamic referred to as “status quo bias” that can be worth as much as 5-8 percentage points,
Some in the anti-abortion movement also have found the talking point to be immoral. Lizzie Marbach, a former Ohio Right to Life staffer whose firing made headlines last month, said the approach suggests abortion opponents are OK with abortion five weeks into pregnancy, which she views as equivalent to murder.
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