
Abortion Defeats About More Than Politics
EDITORIAL: In response to the dismal election results this month, we must be prepared to work even harder and more creatively than we did in the past to proclaim the gospel of life.
EDITORIAL: In response to the dismal election results this month, we must be prepared to work even harder and more creatively than we did in the past to proclaim the gospel of life.
Pro-life organizations are expressing concern for families, women and children after Ohio voters approved a referendum to enshrine a right to abortion in the state Constitution.
The Ohio Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s bishops, strongly opposed the amendment.
Do Ohio voters want their state to be a refuge for the Kermit Gosnells of the world?
A Yes vote would establish a new constitutional right to abortion, and a No vote would reject that language being added to the state Constitution.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7, but early voting has already begun. Voting Yes on Issue 1 would amend the Ohio Constitution to add a new right to ‘reproductive freedom,’ which includes ‘abortion’ and ‘contraception,’ among other things. Voting No on Issue 1 would prevent this language from being added.
One church was defaced with pro-abortion messages spray-painted on a window and more than a dozen other church properties had their pro-life campaign signs stolen or destroyed.
Catholic bishops have strongly rebuked the amendment for months.
In a recent poll, slightly more than one-third of voters answered that they oppose the amendment.
The Ohio march was organized by the same group behind the National March for Life, which takes place every year in January, in conjunction with Ohio Right to Life.
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