The Stuart Heights Baptist Church is using their electronic billboard to influence motorists driving past on Hixson Pike to vote yes on Amendment 1.Amendment 1 supporters enjoyed a healthy lead shortly after polls closed on Tuesday, with yes votes at 225,000, and no votes at 203,000 at 8:36 p.m. with many precincts still yet to report.
The amendment, which allows the legislature expanded powers to regulate the practice of abortion within the state’s borders, has drawn millions of dollars in campaign spending from supporters and opponents, and has ignited new debate about whether and to what extent the practice should be controlled.
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