Tara :butterfly_trans: on Nostr: npub13e29n…azk7d npub1jupuj…477gr the specific context here is Ohio Republicans ...
npub13e29nhd6g3jpskw6smyap683e7zeklvrdza8dsn6prgpak97kxxsqazk7d (npub13e2…zk7d) npub1jupuj7r7fst87p27vx77wjfyxnl6y475vqfqxf9luhed3ah5gfwsm477gr (npub1jup…77gr) the specific context here is Ohio Republicans snuck a ballot measure in a special election this August which, if passed, will make it incredibly difficult to make constitutional amendments via citizen-initiated ballot measures (both making it harder to get amendments on ballot and harder to pass).
this is most specifically targeting an abortion access measure that has already managed to get on the ballot this November; if the issue in the special election passes, the abortion amendment will require 60% to pass instead of 50%, and the other changes introduced will make it next to impossible to introduce amendments fixing any other popular issue that Republicans are against (raising minimum wage, fixing the terrible gerrymandering problem we have, etc).
and indeed, the "abortion" amendment is actually worded to protect "reproductive choices" which would protect contraception in our constitution, preventing any future awful law.
this is most specifically targeting an abortion access measure that has already managed to get on the ballot this November; if the issue in the special election passes, the abortion amendment will require 60% to pass instead of 50%, and the other changes introduced will make it next to impossible to introduce amendments fixing any other popular issue that Republicans are against (raising minimum wage, fixing the terrible gerrymandering problem we have, etc).
and indeed, the "abortion" amendment is actually worded to protect "reproductive choices" which would protect contraception in our constitution, preventing any future awful law.