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Signs for and against the Ohio abortion-related ballot measure are seen in front of the Greene County Board of Elections in Xenia on October 11, 2023.
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An electorate driven by continued discontent at the overturn of Roe v. Wade last year turned out to help enshrine reproductive rights into Ohio’s state constitution, according to the initial results of CNN’s Ohio exit poll.
CNN projects that the ballot measure Issue 1 will pass, preventing the Buckeye State from restricting abortion access before fetal viability, which doctors believe to be around 22 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. After viability, the state would be able to restrict abortion access, unless the patient’s life or health are at risk.
A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in Ohio who turned out for Tuesday’s election are still feeling the sting.
Roughly 6 in 10 expressed negative feelings about the court’s decision, including about 4 in 10 who called themselves outright angry about it – nearly identical to the sentiments among midterm voters in Ohio last year. By contrast, fewer than 20% of Ohio voters this year said they were enthusiastic about the 2022 decision.
