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Abortion on a Red-State Ballot

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights have remained popular among voters—even in red states like Ohio. As the state votes today on whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution, the Ohio GOP has been trying to reframe the issue.


Guest: Carter Sherman, reproductive health and justice reporter at The Guardian.


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0:36.2

Discounts not available in all states and situations. I would forgive you if some small part of your brain has forgotten that today is election day.

0:53.4

There are not any national races, no midterms.

0:57.2

Off years like this, they can be a little chill.

1:01.2

If you're in Ohio, on the other hand, scratch that.

1:04.0

I would say that it is not chill here, yes.

1:07.0

Carter Sherman is currently on a bit of a road trip through Ohio, Akron and

1:16.5

Cleveland, then Columbus. She's a reporter for the Guardian. It feels like

1:21.8

everybody is rubbed up and anxious, I would say. It seems like everywhere I go, I see signs, I turn on my YouTube, and I immediately get hit with Target of ads. It just really feels like this election is inescapable at this point.

1:36.9

Today's vote is all about abortion, a ballot initiative called Issue 1.

1:46.6

Voting yes would mean enshrining access to reproductive health care in the state's constitution. Given that Ohio legislated a six-week abortion ban just a few years back, this would be a huge change.

1:57.0

I was at a rally on Saturday that was in favor of Issue 1, and I saw a young girl who's probably you know about as tall as my waist and

2:05.6

she was holding a bright knee on pink sign that said vote yes on issue one and

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