Win for Abortion Rights in Ohio as Voters Reject GOP-Backed Proposal To Make It Harder To Amend State Constitution

The vote sets up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

AP/Jay LaPrete
The Ohio Unity Coalition's Deidra Reese celebrates the defeat of Issue 1 on August 8, 2023, at Columbus. AP/Jay LaPrete

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

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