This fall’s fight over abortion rights in Ohio cost a combined $70 million.

This fall’s fight over abortion rights in Ohio cost a combined $70 million, campaign finance reports show. Voters overwhelming passed November’s Issue 1, which guaranteed an individual’s right “to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” making Ohio the seventh state where voters opted to protect abortion access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ‘s decision last summer to overturn Roe v. Wade. The pro campaign, known as Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights, raised and spent more than $39.5 million to pass the constitutional amendment, the filings show. Protect Women Ohio, the opposition campaign, raised and spent about $30.4 million.