Ohio Pro-Lifers Look to November After Special Election Setback

Pro-lifers in Ohio faced a setback Tuesday with the defeat of Issue One, a measure that would have made it more difficult to amend the state’s constitution. A majority, 57%, of voters rejected the amendment to raise the threshold to pass constitutional amendments from a 50%-plus-one majority to 60%. While the vote was not directly about abortion, it would have made it more difficult to pass an amendment, coming up for a vote in November, which would ensure virtually unlimited abortion access. The amendment, backed by Planned Parenthood and the...