Posted on Oct 28, 2023
Misinformation is flowing ahead of Ohio abortion vote. Some is coming from a legislative website
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Mary Ruth Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law, said it's common for politicians to have close relationships with advocacy organizations on either side of the abortion debate, but the Ohio Senate's blog "crosses a line" because it's on a government website that the public would see as providing neutral information.
"There's a difference between delivering a campaign speech to an anti-abortion group and putting these kinds of narratives on an official government website that's designed to inform voters," said Ziegler, a leading historian on the abortion debate. "Your responsibilities there are different."
..."Mary Ruth Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California, Davis School of Law, said it's common for politicians to have close relationships with advocacy organizations on either side of the abortion debate, but the Ohio Senate's blog "crosses a line" because it's on a government website that the public would see as providing neutral information.
"There's a difference between delivering a campaign speech to an anti-abortion group and putting these kinds of narratives on an official government website that's designed to inform voters," said Ziegler, a leading historian on the abortion debate. "Your responsibilities there are different."
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