As the clock ticks down on a high-stakes vote in the US state of Ohio, activists are out in force urging voters to decide whether to explicitly enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
Anti-abortion canvassers attend a meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Activists on both sides of the issue are canvassing to the last minute
On a sunny morning, 27-year-old Summer McLain is about to knock on dozens of doors in Columbus, leaflets in hand. Determined and full of energy, she and her mother Lorie, 61, urge a vote of"yes" to the constitutional amendment to enshrine the right to abortion."What are you guys doing?" she asks curiously.
"I was physically sick for a whole week," McLain says. Then came a sense of"rage," followed by a desire to act. That's how she recently helped gather the signatures needed to put a proposed amendment to the constitution before voters.She grew up in a rural, conservative region of Ohio, and the first time she voted, she gave her vote to Donald Trump.
Hoping to break this trend, the Republican Party and the Catholic Church, among others, mobilized for a"no" vote, sounding the alarm against an"extreme" text.
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