Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 2, 2023 / 15:22 pm
Supporters of the effort to enshrine a right to abortion in the Ohio Constitution outraised their pro-life opponents by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 in recent months, mostly with out-of-state funds by large donors, according to financial filings.
According to campaign filings released in late October, which tallied donations from Sept. 8 onward, Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights received about $28.7 million in total contributions. The pro-life campaign Protect Women Ohio only received about $9.9 million.
One of the pro-abortion side’s largest contributors was the Washington, D.C.-based Sixteen Thirty Fund, which contributed more than $3.3 million. The Fairness Project, which receives grants from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, donated another $2 million. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $1 million to the pro-abortion campaign.
Another large donor was the New York-based Open Society Policy Center, which donated about $3.5 million. This group is associated with billionaire George Soros. The Tides Foundation, which is also associated with Soros, donated nearly $1.5 million.