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Rachel Humberger, 30, of Toledo holds her 9-month-old daughter Evelyn during a pro-abortion rights rally. Humberger said, "I want my baby to grow up in a place where she doesn't have to fight for her own body.". (Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

BY ROXY SZAL | Ohio voters resoundingly rejected Issue 1, which would have made it harder to amend the state constitution—including a ballot measure that seeks to ensure the constitutional right to abortion, which will now officially appear on the ballot for Ohio voters in November. With all precincts reporting, and 58,000 absentee and provisional ballots left to be counted, the measure was failing by a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent. 

Voter turnout in this hastily scheduled special election in an off-year, was nearly double that of the 2022 state elections—in which candidates for governor and U.S. senator were on the ballot, which typically helps to spur higher turnout.

President Joe Biden hailed the result: “This measure was a blatant attempt to weaken voters’ voices and further erode the freedom of women to make their own healthcare decisions. Ohioans spoke loud and clear, and tonight democracy won.”

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Abortion rights protesters chant at a rally at the Tucson Federal Courthouse in Tucson on July 4, 2022. (Sandy Huffaker / AFP via Getty Images)

BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On Aug. 8, a coalition of Arizona organizations announced the filing of the Arizona Abortion Access Act, which would place a proposed constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on Arizona’s November 2024 general election ballot.

“Every Arizonan should have the freedom to make decisions about their bodies, their lives and their futures,” said Chris Love, senior advisor for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona. “We know the work for achieving reproductive freedom is an uphill battle, and this ballot initiative is the next critical step in our renewed drive to protect the health and freedom of our patients and our communities.”

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New Georgia Project canvasser Mardie Hill (R), 64, speaks to a resident about an upcoming election on May 23, 2022, in East Point, Ga. Many election canvassers have reported forms of bullying, intimidation and silencing. “No one knows to what extent this domination may prevent women from voting according to their own beliefs and agendas or participating at all,” wrote Rebecca Solnit. (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP via Getty Images)

BY KYLIE CHEUNG | “If someone is willing to block their partner’s access to political information in front of volunteers at their door, what else could they be doing, behind that door?”

This excerpt from Survivor Injustice: State-Sanctioned Abuse, Domestic Violence, and the Fight for Bodily Autonomy by Kylie Cheung, out Aug. 15, details how domestic abuse can lead to coercion or denial of voting rights for women.

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