Ohio is having a vote in November to decide on if abortion will be legal or not. Similar ballot measures and referendums have shown huge support for abortion in even conservative states.

There is a measure yet to be voted on in August for if the November vote has to reach 60% and meet other conditions instead of being simple majority.

Polling suggests a landslide victory for legalizing abortion and intense disapproval of changing the requirements.

  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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    That is why States like Indiana took away the public’s right to petition law. Only elected members (who are heavily bribed) can bring forth any law that is to be presented.

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      That’s essentially what Ohio is trying to do by holding an (illegal) August election. Basically to make citizen ballot issues impossible to bring.

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      The fun part is that Indiana can still have ballot referendums- if the legislature wants them. Of course, they would never put abortion up to a vote. Not after Kansas.

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        I’ve been out of Indiana for nearly 20 years but if I remember right the last state wide referendum in Indiana was over a hundred years ago. Counties sometimes do school referendums though.

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      It should be in our constitution. Citizens should have the power to override representatives that are not representing their interests.

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      It’s definitely going to vary from state to state, but this seems like a good strategy for protecting abortion in states which permit these.