Advocates Sue Over 'Deceptive' Ballot Language for Ohio Abortion Rights Amendment

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'The Ballot Board's members adopted politicized, distorted language for the amendment, exploiting their authority in a last-ditch effort to deceive and confuse Ohio voters ahead of the November vote,' said one campaigner.

The proposed amendment states in part that "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 summary that was adopted by the Ballot Board is intentionally misleading and fails to meet the standards required by Ohio law." "Compounding these shortcomings is the fact that the Ballot Board was asked to put the clear, simple 194-word text of the amendment itself on the ballot, so that voters could see exactly what they were being asked to approve," the suit notes. "But the Ballot Board refused, instead adopting a wholesale rewrite." than the amendment it purports to condense," the complaint continues.

 

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