An ACLU-backed measure that parents argue would allow children to obtain abortions and genital mutilation surgeries without parental consent got enough signatures to make the ballot in Ohio.
Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom, which organized the drive in the Buckeye State, announced a collection of more than 700,000 signatures by the July 5 ballot access deadline.The 710,131 signatures surpassed the 413,487 required for access, allowing the measure to be included on Ohioans' ballots on Election Day in November 2023.
While the ACLU and other proponents maintain the measure only pertains to abortion, many in Ohio are concerned with broad language. "Every individual has a right to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one's own pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion," the measure states.
“This is a historic day for Ohio and for reproductive freedom," Lauren Blauvelt and Kellie Copeland of Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom said."We cannot thank our volunteers enough for this herculean grassroots effort to ensure patients and doctors, not government extremists, are in control of making private medical decisions. ... Today, we take a huge step forward in the fight for abortion access and reproductive freedom for all.
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