What's Issue 1? Read all our news coverage before you cast your vote in August special election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The group, called Protect Our Constitution, is led by Republican state legislative leaders, and is a coalition of Republican elected officials, business groups, anti-abortion groups and gun-rights activists.
43% : July 10 - This article, written after a cleveland.com / Plain Dealer reporter accompanied pro and anti-Issue 1 campaigners going door-to-door, details how abortion is factoring into the election.
41% :June 25 - This article, published to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, spotlights how State Issue 1 puts Ohio at "ground zero" of the national debate over abortion.
39% : Although it was very early in the campaign, it foreshadowed how both sides would not make abortion central to their public arguments, despite the looming ballot issue that caused lawmakers to put Issue 1 up for a vote.
38% : "You don't say abortion.

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