Quick take: Abortion and the politics of comparison

 Issue 1 passed in Ohio yesterday, to little surprise.  Do not over-interpret this result.  Recall when the political debate on abortion was over late-term abortions, or partial-birth abortions.  Public opinion runs strongly against late-term abortions, and the procedure known as "intact dilation and extraction."  If you propose 8.5 month abortion for non-medical reasons, most people will oppose it.  Everything is a matter of comparison.  When the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs and states passed laws that restricted abortions to a higher degree than public opinion allowed, the comparison changed.  It is all a matter of comparison.  No, the public does not believe in abortion on demand in all circumstances.  No, the public does not believe in total bans.  When policy moves too far to either end, it becomes easy to move the status quo.  That's it.  Do not over-extrapolate.