The Buckeyes released an emotional up-to-date video ahead of Saturday’s game against Notre Dame, but OSU isn’t the only team looking to get Ohioans’ attention this weekend.
Protect Women Ohio, the group leading opposition to a proposed ballot question that would amend the Buckeye State constitution to remove protections for the unborn, women, parents and minors, wants to capitalize on the attention surrounding the game by releasing an ad highlighting the amendment’s radical goals.
Titled “Join Them,” the 30-second TV spot aired during the Ohio State-Notre Dame game highlights bipartisan opposition to late-term abortions performed when the baby is able to feel pain, one of many practices allowed if the amendment is approved by voters in November this year. As Townhall recently reported, supporters of the amendment proposed in Ohio want to follow in the footsteps of pro-abortion activists in Michigan who, after securing passage of a similar amendment, are now pushing a series of bills that would include allowing abortion for all nine months of the pregnancy.
The ad, scheduled to air Saturday evening, includes current President Joe Biden’s previously expressed support for partial-birth and late-term abortion bans, as well as former President Trump’s statement that late-term abortions are “not for me All right”. how extreme is the amendment proposed in Ohio.
“The practice of late-term abortion is so barbaric that Republicans and Democrats agree it should be banned,” noted Molly Smith, board member of Protect Women Ohio. “The groups behind Issue 1, including the ACLU, clearly missed the memo: Abortion on demand up to delivery is too extreme for Ohioans. Period,” she emphasized.
As Townhall has previously reported, the coalition of left-wing groups calling for the amendment’s approval has a not-so-hidden track record of taking radical positions, such as calling for the abolition of all parental rights by state legislatures.
Further demonstrating bipartisan opposition to the proposed amendment, the Ohio chapter of Democrats for Life is urging voters to reject the measure. “Issue 1 poses a risk to Ohioans of all ages,” noted the group’s vice president of communications, Barb Driehaus. “It removes any protection for the unborn, allowing late-term abortions when the unborn child is able to feel pain, and puts teenagers at risk,” she explained. “Democrats cannot support these radical measures.”
“By repeatedly using the words ‘person,’ never ‘adult,’ ‘female,’ or ‘person over 18 years of age,’ Edition 1 allows minors to legally obtain abortions without parental consent or even parental notification,” Driehaus continued. “An abuser may coerce a minor victim, and issue 1 will make it easier to cover up the crime. “Even those who support expanded abortion rights should vote NO on issue 1,” she insisted.
Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats for Life, also emphasized that “Issue 1 is not about preserving ‘choice’ or ‘reproductive freedom’.” Instead, she explained, “it would open the door to painful, late-term abortions and eliminate legitimate protections for women’s health and safety – both of which Democrats and Republicans oppose.”
“As Democrats, we need to refocus on protecting people and providing alternatives to abortion, rather than using abortion to get people to the polls,” Day said. “We must send a message that protecting the vulnerable is more important than profit and power. Democrats should vote “NO!”
Bipartisan opposition to late-term abortion is also reflected in the American electorate.
According to AP-NORC votea majority of Americans believe that abortion should be illegal after the first trimester, including 65 percent who believe that life should be protected in the second trimester and 80 percent who believe that abortion should be illegal in the third trimester. What’s more, Gallup found – just after Dobbs The decision leaked last year – that 65 percent of the country believed there should be restrictions on abortion. And Harvard-Harris questionnaire revealed that 72 percent of voters would support limiting abortion after 15 weeks – 75 percent of women, 70 percent of independents and 60 percent of Democrats agreed. On the other hand, only 10 percent said that unborn children should not receive any protection.
That means Ohio amendment supporters represent just 10 percent of Americans and are seeking to allow unregulated, free-for-all abortion, drawing bipartisan opposition spanning, by some estimates, nearly three-quarters of the country. That’s the message Protect Women Ohio is trying to convey to Buckeye fans this weekend, and one that should resonate as voters learn more about the real consequences of the proposed amendment they will vote on in just a few weeks.
