Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights, delivering a landslide-sized message Tuesday night to politicians that the near-total ban GOP lawmakers support is unacceptable to the voting public.
President Joe Biden, who has made abortion rights a central theme of his struggling 2024 reelection effort, praised the vote.
Nebraska's proposed referendum would ban abortion, while the remaining states are considering initiatives to protect reproductive rights.
Advocates believe the abortion rights referendum was a driver of that vote.
Broken down, that includes 46% of Democrats, 23% of independents and 20% of Republicans, suggesting Democrats are more likely to make abortion rights a defining factor in their votes.
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