The Village Reporter 2024

The Ohio constitution amendment, which guaranteed women’s right to “make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions,” passed with a 57% majority. It was the seventh straight victory in statewide votes for supporters of free-abortion access nationally since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned constitutional protections. Specifically it says that every woman

When I awake in the morning, the first thing I do is shave with my Norelco shaver, holding the plastic case made from petroleum. I then take my blood-pressure medicine, which is made from petroleum, held in plastic containers, also made from petroleum. To take my medicine, I drink water purified by a petroleum product out of a plastic cup made from petroleum.