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Ava Sasani

Ohio Republicans accused of trying to mislead voters with abortion ballot wording

Opposing signs on Issue 1 are posted outside the polling site at Toth Elementary School, on 8 August in Perrysburg, Ohio. V
Opposing signs on Issue 1 are posted outside the polling site at Toth elementary school, on 8 August in Perrysburg, Ohio. Photograph: Kurt Steiss/AP

Abortion rights advocates in Ohio filed a lawsuit on Monday, claiming that state Republican leaders are trying to confuse voters on a ballot measure about access to reproductive healthcare.

Last week, the Ohio ballot board – led by the Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose – approved the wording of Issue 1, a November ballot measure that will ask voters if the state constitution should guarantee a right to abortion, contraception, fertility treatment and miscarriage care.

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