"Anti-democratic measures like Ohio’s Issue 1 are emblematic of how the fight for abortion rights is playing out in a post-Roe America. With almost 70 percent of Americans supporting abortion rights, opponents are increasingly offering no substantive response."
~ Laleh Ispahani
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https://newrepublic.com/article/174814/ohio-election-abortion-rights-ballot-democracy
"Instead, they’re deploying a quiet, nationwide strategy of altering the playing field in ways that concentrate power in the hands of conservative extremists—limiting abortion by undermining democracy itself. Anti-abortion activists realize they can’t win a fair fight, so they’re changing the rules of the game.
This approach is not new. Attacking democratic initiatives and voting rights has long been at the forefront of an anti-abortion strategy."
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