Misinformation is flowing ahead of Ohio abortion 投票(する). Some is coming from a 法律を制定する website

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The inflammatory language 的ing a reproductive 権利s 手段 on Ohio's 落ちる 投票(する) is the type of messaging that is ありふれた in the の近くにing weeks of a 高度に contested 率先 (選挙などの)運動をする - 警告 of "abortion on 需要・要求する" or "dismemberment of fully conscious children" if 投票者s 認可する it.

Only the messaging isn´t just coming from the anti-abortion groups that …に反対する the 憲法の 改正. It´s 存在 促進するd on the 公式の/役人 政府 website of the 共和国の/共和党の-controlled Ohio 上院.

And because the source is a 政府 website, the messaging is 存在 prioritized in online searches for (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) about 問題/発行する 1, the question going before Ohio 投票者s Nov. 7 to enshrine abortion 接近 in the 明言する/公表する 憲法.

The "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" blog on the 明言する/公表する 上院 website is 法案d as an "online newsroom" 現在のing "the 見解(をとる)s the news 除外するs." It features attacks against Ohio news 出口s, op-ed style columns by 共和国の/共和党の 明言する/公表する 上院議員s and content 生成するd by members of the 上院 大多数´s communications staff and other 公式文書,認めるd 保守的なs.

"Be 確信して that here you will find a place for facts, values, and 推論する/理由," read the 告示 when 共和国の/共和党の 国会議員s 開始する,打ち上げるd the feature in September, すぐに after Ohio 投票者s 拒絶するd a 共和国の/共和党の 試みる/企てる to make it far more difficult to pass 憲法の 改正s.

Groups 支援 the 提案するd 改正 say it´s an 妥当でない use of a taxpayer-supported website, while 専門家s who 熟考する/考慮する online misinformation said the 成果/努力 by 共和国の/共和党の 国会議員s appeared 前例のない.

FILE - Marchers move down Front Street during the Ohio March for Life after a rally at the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FILE - 行進者s move 負かす/撃墜する 前線 Street during the Ohio March for Life after a 決起大会/結集させる at the Ohio 明言する/公表する House in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, とじ込み/提出する)

"It´s a really 戦略の way to make something appear to be 中立の (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) and fact when that´s not the reality," said Laura Manley, (n)役員/(a)執行力のある director of the Shorenstein 中心 on マスコミ, Politics and Public 政策 at the Harvard Kennedy School. "I´ve never seen anything like that. It´s really smart in a really devious way."

In 最近の weeks, "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" has turned its attention to 公然と非難するing 問題/発行する 1, the only statewide abortion question before 投票者s in the November 選挙s. の中で (人命などを)奪う,主張するs 主張するd in one 上院議員's article are that the 手段 would " 合法化する abortion on 需要・要求する at any 行う/開催する/段階 of pregnancy " and 許す for " the dismemberment of fully conscious children." Another 上院議員's 入ること/参加(者) repeats without 状況 a 10年間s-old narrative that high 率s of abortion の中で 黒人/ボイコット women are driven by an "evil" and "predatory" abortion 産業.

A featured snippet grabbed from the 場所/位置 that comes up during a Google search for Ohio 問題/発行する 1 says the 手段 "ignores Ohio´s 存在するing exceptions for life and health of the mother in 好意 of 設立するing abortion on 需要・要求する for all nine months."

合法的な and 医療の 専門家s 協議するd by The Associated 圧力(をかける) have called these narratives 誤った or 誤って導くing.

The 提案するd 改正 expressly 許すs Ohio to 規制する abortions once a fetus is viable outside the womb, as long as there are exceptions for the life or health of the woman. Ohio's 存在するing 禁止(する) on most abortions once fetal cardiac activity is (悪事,秘密などを)発見するd, now held up in 法廷,裁判所, has an exception for 保護するing the life of the woman 同様に as a more 辛うじて tailored health exception than 問題/発行する 1 含む/封じ込めるs. Under the 存在するing 法律 passed by 共和国の/共和党のs, abortions would be 許すd only when there would be "a serious 危険 of the 相当な and irreversible impairment of a major bodily 機能(する)/行事."

対抗者s argue that 問題/発行する 1's health exception, in particular, would 許す for a 事実上の 解放する/自由な-for-all for abortion doctors after viability, since the U.S. 最高裁判所 has defined "health" to 含む mental health and 面s of life that 影響する/感情 it. 内科医s say the シナリオ is inconsistent with the 基準s they 支持する for professional 行為/行う.

Because the Ohio 上院 is a 政府 (独立の)存在, 支持者s of the 憲法の 改正 worry that content 地位,任命するd to "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" might be 解釈する/通訳するd by 投票者s as a source of 客観的な (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状). Under Google's search 質 evaluator 指導基準s, 政府 場所/位置s are 一般に given 追加するd 負わせる on the grounds that they 現在の 信頼できる, verifiable, 権威のある content in the 利益/興味 of the ありふれた good.

"My (共和国の/共和党の) 同僚s say that this is done be 原因(となる) the mainstream マスコミ won´t print their stuff. But of course, the mainstream マスコミ won´t 選ぶ this up because it´s factually incorrect and 基本的に lies," said Democratic 明言する/公表する Sen. 法案 DeMora, whose (政党の)幹部会,党集会 was 怒り/怒るd by the blog and its home on the 上院's 公式の/役人 page.

He said 民主党員s are 調査するing whether they can 開始する,打ち上げる their own 見解/翻訳/版 to 反対する the GOP.

共和国の/共和党の 上院 大統領 Matt Huffman shied away from labeling "On the 記録,記録的な/記録する" a news service when questioned by reporters すぐに after its 開始する,打ち上げる.

"I think it´s just the 最新の iteration of trying to communicate with the public," he said.

As of Friday, the blog was the only link 利用できる under the "News" tab for the Ohio 上院. In comparison, the website for the 共和国の/共和党の-led Ohio House features 圧力(をかける) 解放(する)s on its 署名 法案s, and awards and activities 関係のある to both 共和国の/共和党の and Democratic 国会議員s.

John Fortney, 広報担当者 for the 明言する/公表する 上院's 大多数 共和国の/共和党のs, said "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" doesn´t cost the public anything because it´s hosted on an 存在するing 政府 壇・綱領・公約 and is put together by his staff.

But neither his staff nor the the 政府 壇・綱領・公約 are 解放する/自由な.

Fortney and his 上級の 圧力(をかける) 長官, Garth Kant, make a 連合させるd $195,000 a year, によれば a database of public salaries 持続するd by the Buckeye 学校/設ける. The blog they spearhead is 持続するd by 法律を制定する (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) Services, an IT office for both of Ohio's 法律を制定する 議会s with a $13 million 年次の 予算.

A 詳細(に述べる)d 分析 of "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" by a group supporting the 憲法の 改正 shows "no distinguishable difference" between the blog and the 上院 場所/位置, meaning they use the same 資源s.

Britt Bischoff, 長,指導者 growth officer for Red ワイン & Blue, a 進歩/革新的な women´s organization, said the group has been trying to outcompete misinformation around 問題/発行する 1 with its own messages, but the 負わせる given to 政府 websites in searches makes it difficult to 反対する the messages spread through "On the 記録,記録的な/記録する."

"While Google has been responsive in 除去するing some results for search 条件 where (misinformation 地位,任命するs) have been flagged, it´s not 100%, and there are hundreds of search 条件 this page is 的ing that deliberately 的s questions around 問題/発行する 1 with intentional 試みる/企てるs to spread political ideologies in positions of 当局," Bischoff's 分析 決定するd.

Google did not return an email message 捜し出すing comment about its search 優先s.

Fortney 押し進めるd 支援する against the 批評. He said the op-ed style pieces are "明確に opinion," though nowhere are they 示すd as such, and that "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" is ーするつもりであるd to 促進する the 見解(をとる)s of 上院 共和国の/共和党のs that, in many 事例/患者s, Ohio マスコミ 出口s have 辞退するd to publish.

"People are 解放する/自由な to 同意しない with the 見解(をとる)s 表明するd, but this is content that you won´t find anywhere else, certainly not in 遺産/遺物 マスコミ," he said. "It's 関連した content for our audience."

Mary Ruth Ziegler, a 法律 professor at the University of California, Davis School of 法律, said it´s ありふれた for 政治家,政治屋s to have の近くに 関係s with advocacy organizations on either 味方する of the abortion 審議, but the Ohio 上院´s blog "crosses a line" because it's on a 政府 website that the public would see as 供給するing 中立の (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状).

"There´s a difference between 配達するing a (選挙などの)運動をする speech to an anti-abortion group and putting these 肉親,親類d of narratives on an 公式の/役人 政府 website that´s designed to 知らせる 投票者s," said Ziegler, a 主要な historian on the abortion 審議. " Your 責任/義務s there are different."

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FILE - Supporters of Issue 1, the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment, attend a rally held by Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. A government blog in Ohio that's favored in web searches for its supposed lack of bias is advancing misleading arguments surrounding this fall's proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights. The GOP-led Ohio Senate's "On The Record" debuted in September. It was billed as an "online newsroom" presenting "the views the news excludes." The site has recently turned its attention to denouncing Issue 1, the closely-watched abortion question. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, File)

FILE - 支持者s of 問題/発行する 1, the 権利 to Reproductive Freedom 改正, …に出席する a 決起大会/結集させる held by Ohioans 部隊d for Reproductive 権利s at the Ohio 州議会議事堂 in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. A 政府 blog in Ohio that's 好意d in web searches for its supposed 欠如(する) of bias is 前進するing 誤って導くing arguments surrounding this 落ちる's 提案するd 憲法の 改正 on abortion 権利s. The GOP-led Ohio 上院's "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" debuted in September. It was 法案d as an "online newsroom" 現在のing "the 見解(をとる)s the news 除外するs." The 場所/位置 has recently turned its attention to 公然と非難するing 問題/発行する 1, the closely-watched abortion question. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana, とじ込み/提出する)

FILE - Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman discusses the Senate passage of Ohio's two-year, $75 billion state budget, in Columbus, Ohio, June 9, 2021. Huffman desisted from labeling "On the Record" a news service when questioned by reporters shortly after its launch. "I think it's just the latest iteration of trying to communicate
 with the public," he said. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)

FILE - Ohio 上院 大統領 Matt Huffman discusses the 上院 passage of Ohio's two-year, $75 billion 明言する/公表する 予算, in Columbus, Ohio, June 9, 2021. Huffman desisted from labeling "On the 記録,記録的な/記録する" a news service when questioned by reporters すぐに after its 開始する,打ち上げる. "I think it's just the 最新の iteration of trying to communicate with the public," he said. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, とじ込み/提出する)

This image shows a screenshot of the "On The Record" website, which is published by the GOP-led Ohio Senate and debuted in September. The government website, favored in web searches for its supposed authority and lack of bias, is advancing misleading arguments surrounding this fall's proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights. (Ohio Senate via AP)

This image shows a screenshot of the "On The 記録,記録的な/記録する" website, which is published by the GOP-led Ohio 上院 and debuted in September. The 政府 website, 好意d in web searches for its supposed 当局 and 欠如(する) of bias, is 前進するing 誤って導くing arguments surrounding this 落ちる's 提案するd 憲法の 改正 on abortion 権利s. (Ohio 上院 経由で AP)

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