Ohioans soundly defeated State Issue 1. What does that mean for the abortion-rights vote in November?

Issue 1

Organizers celebrate the defeat of Issue 1 during an election night party at the Columbus Fire Fighters Local 67 on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)AP

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The dust has barely settled on Ohio’s August election. But the campaign leading up to the November election already has begun.

Last Tuesday, Ohio voters soundly defeated State Issue 1, which would have made it harder to amend the Ohio constitution, by a decisive 57%-43% margin. The vote handed another electoral loss to abortion opponents, who were hoping to spoil a November ballot issue that would add abortion rights to Ohio’s constitution and break a streak of election losses in other states, including neighboring Kentucky and Michigan.

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