Women's March Cleveland calls out the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper for issuing a no endorsement on Issue 1, the abortion ballot issue that is on the ballot in Ohio on Nov 7.....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Women's March Cleveland leads some 2,500 women and their supporters via a protest for reproductive rights and abortion access held on Oct. 2, 2021 at Market Square Park in Cleveland, Ohio, a sister march to marches held in cities across the country that day spearheaded by Women's March National out of Washington, D.C. ( Photo by David Petkiewicz of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper and Cleveland.com). Ohio's largest grassroots women's rights group, Women's March Cleveland and its supporters  rallied and marched again, on June 24, 2023 outside of Cleveland City Hall, a year after the Supreme Court, on June 24, 2022,  overturned Roe v Wade Organizers also have a Nov 4, 20203 noon rally and march planned for the steps of Cleveland City hall, according to Facebook the date is three days before Ohio voters vote on issue 1 that, if passed would enshrine the legal right to abortion and other reproductive measures into the Ohio constitution. 


Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

CLEVELAND,Ohio-Women's March Cleveland, the largest grassroots women's rights group in Northeast Ohio, is concerned that the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, has issued a no endorsement on Ohio State Issue 1.


Issue 1 is on Ohio's Nov. 7 ballot and, if passed by Ohio voters, it would enshrine the legal right to abortion and other reproductive measures for women in the Ohio constitution.


In an editorial published online on Oct 29 by the PD's Chris Quinn, the editor and content director, Quinn said the reason for the no endorsement by the newspaper's editorial board is that the newspaper lacks the clout to influence the measure one way or another. That did not sit well with Women's March Cleveland.


"That is bull and we are disappointed that the editorial board of Ohio's largest newspaper has chosen not to endorse Issue 1 when women have supported this newspaper since its existence," said Women's March Cleveland head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, a Black activist and community organizer of Cleveland and a longtime local journalist who writes on Black and other issues.


Coleman said that the issue deserves support and that "the PD has seemingly sold out at a time when Ohio women need and deserve its support." The activist and community organizer went on to say that "women in Ohio will not forget this."


"We rarely opt not to endorse," Quinn wrote. "Voters must choose, so we feel we would be copping out to say we don't like any of the candidates and won't endorse. We regularly hold our noses and endorse a bad candidate because the alternatives are worse."


Polling shows that the proposed reproductive rights amendment to enshrine abortion in the Ohio constitution will likely pass as early voting is currently underway.


Last year, on June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Dobbs vs Mississippi Health Organization, which was on appeal to the nation's highest court, ended access to abortion for women nationwide and gave individual states the authority to legislate abortion and reproductive rights not regulated by federal law, including to restrict or outright outlaw the procedure altogether. It, no doubt, caused a firestorm of protests throughout the country, including in Ohio, a pivotal state for presidential elections that both Obama and Trump won two times.


More than 14 states have near-total abortion bans during any point in pregnancy in effect, and at least six states have implemented abortions bans with other limits from six to 20 weeks bans. Ohio has a six-week abortion ban dubbed the heartbeat bill that is on hold per a judge's ruling as lawsuits over the controversial state law make their way through the courts. If issue 1 passes it would immediately negate the heartbeat bill.


Ohio will become the seventh state in the country to vote on abortion rights behind Kansas, Michigan, Kentucky, Vermont, Montana and California. All those states had either proposals that enshrined the right to an abortion, or that allowed the state to regulate abortion.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Public Corruption: Cuyahoga County Judge Nancy Margaret Russo is illegally releasing secret grand jury testimony of corrupt White cops to try to intimidate maliciously indicted Blacks into plea deals with the help of the county public defender's office, and covering up public corruption regarding falsification of public case records of felony cases in her court, falsification by prosecutors, County Clerk of Courts Nailah Byrd and fellow judges such as Common Pleas Judge Joe Russo.....Judge Nancy Russo is also refusing to remove indigent counsel such as Scott Roger Hurley who are accused of colluding with the court and the prosecution against Black defendants, even when such indigent counsel, including Hurley, an assistant county public defender, violate her own court orders for discovery and to conduct proper pretrial investigations for their clients....The cases involve false charges of assault by Blacks on corrupt White cops, indictment fixing covered-up by Judge Nancy Russo, etc..... Also at issue is foreclosure theft by the judges with JPMorgan Chase Bank and other banks and mortgage companies, hundreds and thousands of homes stolen and Blacks and others who complain sometimes maliciously indicted....Judge Nancy Margaret Russo's corruption comes less than 3 weeks after an FBI and IRS raid on Cleveland City Hall and as to a continuing FBI county corruption probe that has netted some 61 guilty pleas and convictions, including two former common pleas judges and two former county elected officials.... The investigation by Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com reveals similarities to the movie 'Mississippi Burning' regarding the height of Civil Rights violations and the attack on the Black community by White supremacists, including judges, police and corrupt and racist prosecutors....This is Part 3 of the multi-part series on Cuyahoga County public corruption....Cuyahoga County includes the city of Cleveland....Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, with over 5 million views on Google Plus alone

Thousands protest Trump via 'Hands off' rallies nationally, and in Cleveland, Ohio on April 5...Trump responds...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Cleveland's Jan 18, 2025 noon women's rally and march are at Market Square Park, a sister march to marches nationwide...Women's March Cleveland comments...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Black leaders, local activists call for probation for former Cleveland councilman Basheer Jones as sentencing nears...Former HUD Secretary Marcia L Fudge speaks out...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Trump issues order to dismantle US Depart of Education....Cleveland's Black mayor responds, saying Trump is taking us back before the deseg era and is blocking children from obtaining a quality education...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Teen Gloria Pointer's rapist, killer Hernandez Warren sentenced to life in prison after 30 years free, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor McGinty at the helm, her mother Yvonne Pointer vows to continue her community advocacy: Imperial women, community activists applaud Yvonne Pointer for her courage and community advocacy, say they hope Warren rots in hell like serial rapist Ariel Castro and serial killer Anthony Sowell: Imperial Women object to statement by Warren's lawyers that he has been rehabilitated, say comment was irresponsible, insensitive

More than 1,500 women march in Cleveland on International Women's Day 2025 to demand gender equality and to protest President Trump, led by Women's March Cleveland... By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Ohio Congresswoman Shontel Brown responds to Trump's 2025 inauguration events, saying Democrats conducted a peaceful transfer of power, unlike Trump in 2021 after Biden won election...Talks about civil and voting rights under a Trump administration...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

"No Kings" rallies and marches against President Trump held in Cleveland, D.C., and nationwide on June 14 as momentum against the president's agenda increases... By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Ohio: US Sen Sherrod Brown failed to effectively court Black Cleveland voters, Black leaders in his loss to Bernie Moreno on Tuesday.... He acted like "another Richard Cordray," a Cleveland elected official said...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader