The effort against Issue 1, which would amend the constitution to protect abortion rights, raised just under $10 million in the same period, according to Thursday's filings.
The campaign against Issue 1, called Protect Women Ohio, accepted more than half its donations in the final months of the race from Protect Women Ohio Action Inc., a committee associated with the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
It's been harder for campaigns against abortion rights to get traction, Lenkowsky said.
In Ohio, an August special election that would have swayed November's election went in the direction of abortion rights supporters, which likely made anti-abortion donors less willing to keep giving.
Amy Natoce, press secretary of Protect Women Ohio, criticized the pro-Issue 1 campaign's outside funding in a statement to The Associated Press.
Persons:
Hansjörg Wyss, George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, Abigail Wexner, Les Wexner, Susan B, Anthony Pro, Roe, Wade, Leslie Lenkowsky, It's, Lenkowsky, Amy Natoce, “ It’s, ”, “, Martin Haskell, Julie Carr Smyth, Christine Fernando
Organizations:
Washington , D.C, United, Reproductive Rights, New, Society Policy Center, American Civil Liberties Union, Brands, Protect, Protect Women, Inc, America, Supreme, Indiana University, Associated Press, Ohioans United, AP
Locations:
Ohio, Washington ,, Swiss, New York, Columbus, U.S, In Ohio, Protect Women Ohio, Columbus , Ohio, Chicago