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Since the Supreme Court decision last year that overturned <\/span>Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/i>, abortion-supporters have been making efforts to undermine pro-life laws across the country. In Ohio, parents are pushing back against a particularly dangerous constitutional amendment that could enshrine abortion in the state constitution \u2013 and potentially much more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The measure, <\/span>The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety<\/span><\/a>, is expected to go on the ballot in November of 2023. The wording of the measure lumps together things like miscarriage treatments and abortion (two vastly different acts), stating that \u201cevery individual has a right to make and carry out one\u2019s own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to decisions on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one\u2019s own pregnancy, miscarriage care, and abortion.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>Fox News<\/span><\/a>, the language of the amendment was drafted by the ACLU, and Planned Parenthood has been heavily involved as well. Planned Parenthood previously teamed up<\/a> with the ACLU to fight abortion restrictions and pro-life laws in Ohio<\/span>. Because of this, pro-life groups know they have an uphill battle when it comes to funding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the spending battle and in an effort to show voters the depths of the amendment\u2019s problems, pro-life group Protect Women Ohio (PWO) \u2013 a coalition<\/a> of faith leaders, medical providers, parents, and families \u2013 has produced commercial spots<\/a> to spread the word. The ads warn parents<\/a> that “this amendment would take away” parental rights to protect children from making decisions like abortion. One ad shows mom Libby McCartney stating that the amendment “doesn’t differentiate between a minor and an adult” and opens “the door to… anything to do with the reproductive organs.” She added,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cAs a parent, I could be cut out of these decisions that my child is making… [S]he could get an abortion or get a procedure done, and I don\u2019t even know about it. That\u2019s what\u2019s scary.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In another ad, Ohio mother Linda Corbitt expressed similar fears, saying the amendment would mean “my kids can access abortions and even sex change surgeries without my consent… the government does not have the right to co-parent my kids.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Walgreens<\/a><\/p>\n

While proponents of the amendment claim it is limited to abortion, PWO disagrees. <\/span><\/p>\n

“The language in this amendment is so broad and so vague, and it puts no age limits on this,” Amy Natoce of PWO said to the <\/span>Washington Examiner<\/span><\/a>. “It specifically says ‘including but not limited to,’ so that leaves this so open-ended. Sex-change operations affect someone’s reproductive organs. Gender reassignment surgery, hormone blockers, hormone replacement therapy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Pro-abortion groups, however, claim this is false. \u201cThere is absolutely nothing in our amendment that mentions or supersedes Ohio’s parental consent laws,\u201d Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights (OPRR) told Fox. \u201cTheir intentionally deceptive ads are part of a multi-million-dollar disinformation campaign designed to raise unsubstantiated fears and distract from the fact that our amendment will ensure Ohioans have access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including abortion, and preserve the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, because state laws cannot be in conflict with the state\u2019s constitution, the enactment of the proposed constitutional amendment would<\/strong> invalidate other pro-life laws currently in force in Ohio<\/em>, such as parental consent and waiting periods.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, OPRR and other groups supporting the ballot measure have well-documented positions opposing measures like parental consent laws. <\/span><\/p>\n

According to OPRR\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Bill of Rights<\/span><\/a>\u201d (emphases added): <\/span><\/p>\n

A woman <\/span>(including a child or an adolescent minor)<\/b> may choose to have an abortion after being raped and impregnated. A woman may choose to have an abortion simply to protect her future. <\/span>No explanation should be required<\/b> for a choice that allows a woman to enjoy the same status in society as a man: freedom to preserve her health and wellbeing. The decision to perform an abortion should be left <\/span>solely to a woman and her physician<\/b>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The organization \u2014\u00a0in going out of its way to include a child\/minor and stating that the decision should be left to the doctor and the person seeking an abortion \u2014\u00a0strongly implies the exclusion of a minor\u2019s <\/span>parents<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pro-abortion organizations are attempting to portray the measure as simply codifying <\/span>Roe<\/span><\/i> into the state\u2019s constitution.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThis commonsense amendment will restore and protect the vital reproductive rights that were guaranteed by Roe v. Wade for fifty years,\u201d Dr. David Hackney of AGOG-Ohio and Dr. Amy Burkett (formerly of the same) said<\/a> in a joint statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, as PWO Press Secretary Amy Natoce points out, the truth is beginning to come out. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Now that they’re being confronted with their own words and actions, they’re completely panicking and saying, ‘Oh, no, this amendment doesn’t have anything to do with parental consent,’ but Protect Women Ohio is going to hold them accountable to the records,\u201d Natoce told Fox News. \u201cWe have their own words in their legal filings, their own website has an entire page dedicated to explaining how parental consent is a burden to teenagers trying to obtain abortions.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 people with the truth about abortion that no one else is telling them? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since the Supreme Court decision last year that overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion-supporters have been making efforts to undermine pro-life laws across the country. 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