Poll: Majority of Ohioans Oppose Unlimited Abortion in Issue 1
Ohio Voters Reject Radical Abortion Proposal, Poll Finds
Mere weeks before Ohio voters weigh in on a ballot proposal that could ensconce abortion activists’ radical demands for unlimited abortion in the state’s constitution, a new poll found that less than one-fourth of Ohio voters support abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
Issue 1 is a deliberately vague ballot proposal that decrees “every individual has a right” to “reproductive decisions” regardless of age or trimester.
Advocates of the constitutional amendment, their petitioner pawns, and even the pollsters claim that the state’s Republican trifecta could still “prohibit abortion after fetal viability” if the proposal passes. The ballot measure’s generous language, however, nullifies any such limit so long as a doctor deems abortion necessary for a woman’s health, a standard that is left open to interpretation.
Baldwin Wallace University (BWU) Community Research Institute, which conducted a “pulse poll” of 850 registered Ohio voters in early October, claimed in its article highlighting the findings that “Ohio Voters Favor Passage Of Issue 1.”
At first glance, the BWU poll seems to suggest that there is widespread support for the extreme amendment. Around 58 percent of those surveyed said they support the ballot initiative.
On the other hand, approximately 33.5 percent of respondents said they plan to reject the proposal that would enact outside activist groups’ radical abortion and anti-parent agenda in the state. Another 8 percent were undecided.
Further down in the survey’s findings, however, researchers admit that only 24 percent of Ohio voters say abortion should be “Always Legally Permitted,” as Issue 1 seeks to do.
Not only is that number drastically different from the support BWU and local media highlighted, but it’s down three whole points from the 27 percent measured by the pollster in 2022.
If Ohio voters overwhelmingly reject unlimited abortion, why do they plan to vote for it in Issue 1? The answer is deception.
Pollsters often rely on twisted language to advance Democrats’ abortion extremism. In this case, the Issue 1 language is already so marred with deception and confusion that BWU didn’t have to play semantic games.
When unfair framing is stripped from poll questions, voters’ opinions about abortion drastically shift from supporting extreme measures toward embracing the limits adopted by Republican states and European countries.
In the face of pollsters, Ohio voters may say they “favored a state constitutional amendment to allow access to abortion.” Their true feelings about legal limits, however, reflect their disdain for any proposal, including Issue 1, that touts unfettered abortion through every stage of an unborn baby’s development.
The same phenomenon is present on the national level. Despite Democrats’ incessant attempts to normalize taxpayer-funded abortions up until birth, only 22 percent of American adults support ending life in the womb in the third trimester.
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.
How do the proposed constitutional amendments regarding abortion in Ohio compare to the majority of Americans’ views on the issue
T-propaganda/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>biased sampling methods and carefully-worded questions to manipulate poll results and push a specific narrative. In this case, the pollsters framed the question in a way that made it seem like a majority of Ohio voters support the ballot initiative, while conveniently burying the fact that only a small minority actually support unlimited abortion.
Furthermore, the language of the ballot proposal itself is intentionally vague and misleading. It claims to protect “reproductive decisions” for individuals of all ages and trimesters, but fails to define what those decisions entail. This leaves the door wide open for abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy, as long as a doctor deems it necessary for a woman’s health. This broad and ambiguous language effectively nullifies any potential restrictions on abortion, making it a radical and extreme amendment.
It is important to note that Ohio already has a variety of restrictions on abortion, including a ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. These reasonable restrictions are in line with the majority of Americans’ views on abortion, which support some limitations on the procedure. It is clear that the proposed constitutional amendment goes far beyond what the majority of Ohio voters find acceptable.
Ohio voters should not be fooled by the deceptive tactics of abortion activists and their allies. This ballot proposal does not represent the will of the people, and it is crucial that voters reject it in order to protect the lives of unborn children and preserve the reasonable restrictions on abortion that are currently in place. The future of Ohio’s abortion laws hangs in the balance, and it is up to voters to ensure that the state does not become a safe haven for unlimited and unrestricted abortion.
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