Ohio Gov Blasts “Radical” Abortion Rights Referendum

The Hill reports:

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) called a referendum on reproductive rights on the ballot Tuesday in his home state a “radical proposal,” just days before voters will take to the polls to weigh in on the issue.

“If you look at Issue 1 — it’s a radical proposal and whether you’re pro-choice or pro-life, it just goes much, much too far,” DeWine said Sunday on CBS News’s “Face The Nation.”

“It is a radical proposal and does not fit Ohio. This allows an abortion at any point in the pregnancy and that is just much too far.” Ohio, which has increasingly trended red, is being looked at a testing ground for whether Democrats can pass such abortion protections.

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