(AP) Ohio voters have passed Issue 1, creating a constitutional amendment guaranteeing an individual right to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care.
It's the latest victory for abortion rights supporters since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, giving individual states the opportunity to decide their own laws on the matter. Ohio became the seventh state where voters decided to protect abortion access after last year's landmark ruling.
Ohio was the only state to consider a statewide abortion-rights question this year, fueling tens of millions of dollars in campaign spending, boisterous rallies for and against the amendment, and months of advertising and social media messaging, some of it misleading.
Issue 1 will take effect on Dec. 7 of this year, 30 days after Election Day.
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