What Issue 1’s failure means for abortion in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Millions of Ohio voters cast their ballots Tuesday with an elephant in the voting booth: abortion. In three months, Ohioans will likely decide whether to enshrine protections for the procedure in the state constitution. With the failure of Issue 1 on Tuesday, the path to a constitutional right to abortion is a little bit clearer – but far from settled. Ohioans overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-led attempt to enact stricter requirements for constitutional amendments to become law. Instead of the 60% threshold proposed under Issue 1, Ohio...