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There’s already confusion over the abortion ballot language in Ohio. It’s going to get worse
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio voters will decide Nov. 7 on Issue 1, an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights into the constitution. There already has been confusion… Read More
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Supporters of November’s abortion amendment file a lawsuit against the Ohio Ballot Board over its approved ballot language
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A lawsuit has been filed over the summary language the Ohio Ballot Board chose last week for a proposed amendment on the November ballot… Read More
![Boxes of petitions containing signatures supporting putting an abortion rights amendment on the November ballot sit in a U-Haul truck outside the Ohio Secretary of State's office, waiting to be unloaded.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-e1688569656724-900x422.webp)
It’s official. The proposed abortion amendment will be on Ohio’s November ballot.
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Secretary of State’s office has certified petitions submitted by a coalition of doctors, abortion rights advocates and others who want Ohioans to… Read More
![Supporters of abortion rights gather signatures at a race in downtown Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/download-7-e1684775139490-900x422.webp)
Ohio abortion advocates will submit signatures for a constitutional amendment Wednesday
By: George Shillcock | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Pro-abortion rights advocates in Ohio are preparing to turn in hundreds of thousands of signatures this week in an effort to put a constitutional amendment on the… Read More
![ACLU workers process petitions gathered by the organization to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would codify abortion in Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-1-e1687903515297-900x422.webp)
Backers of an Ohio abortion amendment prepare to submit petitions for the November ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Advocates for reproductive rights spent the weekend making their last big push collecting petition signatures. The coalition must turn in 414,000 valid signatures to… Read More
![A voter signs the proposed Ohio reproductive rights amendment while a volunteer looks on.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/statehouse-e1680353030264-900x422.jpg)
Paid circulators will collect signatures for abortion amendment on Ohio ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Backers of an effort to put an amendment before voters in November that could enshrine abortion rights in the constitution are hiring paid circulators. The group… Read More