The GOP just won’t accept that they lost. The voters spoke. Republicans should adhere to the will of the public.
What voters passed has a standard of fetal viability — whether life-giving care can be provided outside the womb. Medically, that falls somewhere around 24-26 weeks, depending on the pregnancy. A 15-week ban, proposed by Ohio Senate President Huffman, would be unconstitutional. https://t.co/i7LHCxuX5N
— David DeWitt (@DC_DeWitt) November 16, 2023
Editor Commentary: Mere hours after Ohio voters passed Issue 1 and 2 with nearly 2.2 million votes, gerrymandered GOP legislative leaders signaled they would not respect the will of the people. Their hostility toward voters and democracy knows no bounds.https://t.co/MwSBRWbfO0
— David DeWitt (@DC_DeWitt) November 12, 2023
Four GOP lawmakers say they want to be the judges of Ohio’s abortion laws
— Jake Zuckerman (@jake_zuckerman) November 11, 2023
Three constitutional lawyers told us this is probably unconstitutional.
One asked, verbatim: "What have they been smoking?"https://t.co/mGSIwks46C
In 2021/2022, they simply defied Ohio Supreme Court orders seven times to lock into place unconstitutional maps. Those actions essentially overturned Constitutional amendments the people had voted for.
— David Pepper (@DavidPepper) November 11, 2023
Now they want to remove courts entirely.
Be ready. https://t.co/1ODQlLsMKH
In 50 years in Ohio, 44 as a journalist, I've never seen such radical disregard for the voters as this Republican-controlled General Assembly
— Alan Johnson (@ohioaj) November 10, 2023
GOP lawmakers propose stripping judges of power to interpret abortion rights, Issue 1 https://t.co/rChY42fCse via @DispatchAlerts
Ohio legislators want to target state judges to thwart the state’s newly passed constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights. The very idea demonstrates troubling hostility to judicial independence and the democratic process.https://t.co/tnDZ6SnMhg
— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) November 25, 2023
Sad! 