Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. Republicans are scheming to undo it

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27 GOP members of the Ohio general assembly signed a statement the next day arguing the Republican ights proposal “failed to mention a single, specific law” and vowing 27 GOP everything in [ Ohio r] power” to prevent the restrictive the next day s on the books in Ohio from being challenged.

Four of them went even further, circulating draft legislation to give the legislature “exclusive authority over implementing” the constitu Ohio al amendment.

The late Four roposal appears too much even for the state’s leading Republicans.

It shows how far some elected officials are willing to go to try to force their views on their state.

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