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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Abortion rights advocates win major victory in Ohio as voters reject GOP plan to thwart ballot measure

AP

Ohio voters have resoundingly rejected a measure that would make it more difficult to amend the state’s constitution – a proposal Republican officials bluntly admitted was an effort to kneecap an upcoming ballot measure asking voters to enshrine a right to abortion care.

That proposal has failed, with roughly 65 per cent of the vote tallied by Tuesday night after polls had closed, according to projections from the Associated Press.

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