Abortion foes say out-of-state funds are influencing Ohio constitutional amendment

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Anti-abortion advocates are taking aim at out-of-state financial influence from Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union for having an outsize effect on the Aug. 8 special election in Ohio that will influence the outcome of a referendum on codifying abortion rights into the Ohio Constitution in November.
53% : Pro-abortion rights groups have highlighted that out-of-state interests are also funding anti-abortion advocacy in Ohio, such as the $1 million donation from Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein to the Save Our Constitution PAC. "Issue 1 does nothing to keep out-of-state special interests from coming into Ohio and buying their preferred policy outcome," said Collin Marozzi, deputy policy director for ACLU Ohio.
52% : PWO, a self-described "pro-woman, pro-parent, and pro-life coalition," was established in response to the proposed amendment to counterbalance the influence of Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union.
45% : Pro-abortion rights activists secured the necessary signatures to put an amendment to the Ohio Constitution on the ballot that codifies "a right to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions, including but not limited to" contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and abortion.
45% : The amendment also prohibits the legislature from restricting abortion if the procedure "in the professional judgment of the pregnant patient's treating physician is necessary to protect that pregnant patient's life or health."
44% : PWO has spent a total of $5 million against Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, saying that they advocate to include gender transition medicine as part of comprehensive reproductive care.

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