By a 57%-43% margin, voters in Ohio approved a ballot initiative enshrining abortion in the state constitution.
“Today is a tragic day for women, children and families in Ohio,” the bishops wrote in response. “We mourn that the dignity of human life remains concealed by the duplicity of a culture of death … As we pray for the conversion of minds and hearts to the gospel of life, we recommit ourselves to defending children in the womb and supporting women in need.”