THE FEDERALIST/ JORDAN BOYD-
Abortion up until birth, the erosion of parental rights, and a whole host of other horrors are enshrined in the Ohio Constitution after a majority of voters agreed to pass Issue 1 on Tuesday.
Thanks to the activists who poured millions of dollars into deceiving voters about what “every individual has a right” to ending life in the womb and other “reproductive decisions” really means, Issue 1 will fundamentally and permanently change the way Ohio operates.
Ohio is a red state with a Republican legislature, governor, and attorney general that would never agree to sign off on unlimited abortion for all. The passage of the state’s latest sweeping constitutional amendment was only possible because outside groups like the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and other leftist organizations used the state’s ballot measure process to circumvent those elected officials.
If Ohio, one of the reddest states on paper, can succumb to the scheming of abortion activists, then no Republican state is safe. Here’s how pro-lifers everywhere should protect their states from the people who want to turn their hometowns into the abortion industry’s next boomtowns.
It’s important that voters in every state, not just those threatened by imminent abortion amendments, understand that Democrats want to legalize killing unborn babies throughout all nine months of gestation.
A majority of U.S. adults reject that position. Yet, many Americans do not equate Democrats’ euphemistic calls for “reproductive rights” free-for-alls with late-term abortions because pollsters and abortion advocates twist the language. Continue reading…
