While abortion was not directly on the special election ballot, the result marks the latest setback for Republicans in a conservative-leaning state who favor imposing tough restrictions on the procedure.

Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide protections last year.

  • @wowbagger_
    22•1 year ago

    Making it harder to change the constitution is an inherently conservative position. That’s basically what conservative means – it’s a desire to keep things mostly how they are (or how they used to be, in the supposed “good old days”).