Abortion Opponents Gain Ally in Ohio’s Special Election: Business Groups
- Issue 1 makes it harder to pass constitutional amendments
- Businesses want to stop minimum wage hike and other issues
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The effort to defeat an abortion-rights amendment in Ohio has resulted in a special election Tuesday that’s putting powerful business groups on the side of abortion opponents — for what they say are economic reasons.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation are among the influential lobbies supporting a ballot measure that would increase the bar to pass constitutional amendments to 60% of the vote from a simple majority.