R.I. constitutional convention ballot question opponents mobilize to convince voters to just say no

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : But Snider said the defeat of the 1986 right to life amendment, along with other recent rejections of anti-abortion referenda in heavily red states, suggest the measure would fail if it were to come up again.
58% : "Our state has made incredible progress over the past five years to make abortion care more accessible," said the coalition's chairperson, Vimala Phongsavanh, senior external affairs director for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.
45% : Posters urging Rhode Island voters to reject the first question on the Nov. 5 ballot asking if the state should hold a constitutional convention hang on the wall at Planned Parenthood in Providence.
45% : "There's just no way that $10 contributions from working people or $20 contributions and low-dollar contributions from Planned Parenthood or the Latino Policy Institute is ever going to compete against someone like the Koch brothers.

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