1. Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, the latest victory for abortion rights supporters since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Ohio became the seventh state where voters decided to protect abortion access after the landmark ruling and was the only state to consider a statewide abortion rights question this year.
Here’s the vote table:
(Source: apnews.com. Vote table via The New York Times/AP)
2. Support for the amendment was overwhelming among younger voters, according to the NEP “exit poll”. Seventy-seven percent is not a figure you often see in American politics. Full exit poll results are here.
(Source: washingtonpost.com)
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