Groups hoping to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio's constitution have delivered nearly double the number of signatures needed to place an amendment on the fall statewide ballot.
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The ballot measure calls for the establishment of “a fundamental right to reproductive freedom” with “reasonable limits.” In language similar tothat Michigan voters approved in November, it would require restrictions imposed past a fetus’ viability outside the womb, which is typically around the 24th week of pregnancy and was the standard under Roe v. Wade, to be based on evidence of patient health and safety benefits.
Protect Women Ohio, the opposition campaign, downplayed the huge number of signatures submitted, saying they were collected with help from paid signature-gatherers funded in part of the American Civil Liberties Union, which it described as “anti-parent.” Abortion foes contend that the Ohio amendment has the potential to trump the state’s abortion-related parental consent law, though the lawyers who wrote it deny the claim.
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