Ohio is about to vote on abortion rights. Misinformation about the proposal is rampant

Published September 2, 2023 6:06 AM

By ALI SWENSON and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Associated Press

A ballot measure in Ohio that would guarantee access to abortion rights is fueling misleading claims about how the proposal could influence abortion care, gender-related health care and parental consent in the state. The Associated Press spoke to medical and legal experts who explained what the proposed constitutional amendment would mean if it were to pass in November. Among other things, those experts evaluated misleading claims that the amendment is about gender-related care or parental consent, that it would lead to abortions “up to birth,” that it would enable abusers and that it would open the door to infanticide.

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