Anti-abortion misinformation mounting ahead of key Ohio vote, experts warn

A yes vote on Ohio’s Issue 1 will enshrine the right to abortion in the state’s constitution. Photograph: Julie Carr Smyth/AP

Mike DeWine’s ad left Shyla Thurston infuriated.

In the ad, DeWine, Ohio’s Republican governor, stands next to his wife, Fran DeWine, as they speak directly to the camera. They assure voters that they have “carefully studied” Issue 1, the name of a November ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s state constitution. And, the couple say, they have realized it goes too far.