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    “I certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally,” Vance said in the episode, explaining why regulating abortion at the state level wouldn’t work. “Let’s say Roe v. Wade is overruled,” he said. “Ohio bans abortion … you know, in let’s say 2024. And then, every day, George Soros sends a 747 to Columbus to load up disproportionately black women to get them to go have abortions in California. And of course, the left will celebrate this as a victory for diversity.”

    J.D., abortion is legal in Ohio because voters put it on the ballot as a citizen lead imitative. We got reproductive freedom (including abortion) written into our goddamn State Constitution because our republican “representatives” continuously refused to listen to the will of the people.

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        Thank you neighbor. You should also know those authoritarian fuckers are doing all that they can to make ballot initiatives illegal or impossible to get through.

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          You should also know those authoritarian fuckers are doing all that they can to make ballot initiatives illegal or impossible to get through.

          @Montana Secretary of State

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          They’re trying that here in Missouri for the same reason: the people keep overriding the legislature with ballot initiatives.

          How fucked is it that, for all of us.

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            A reminder that democracy is constantly under attack and that we should never give up the fight.