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Both sides of the abortion debate say the latest Ohio Supreme Court action on amendment won’t be the last
By: Jo Ingles | Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court declined to take up a case that challenged the state’s new reproductive rights constitutional amendment. But supporters and opponents of the… Read More
Unanimous Ohio Supreme Court tosses judge’s lawsuit over reproductive rights amendment
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — One of two cases that sought to overturn Ohio’s voter-approved amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights has been dismissed. The Ohio Supreme Court… Read More
Abortion rights advocates fear Flock cameras could track women seeking abortions in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Flock cameras, which are installed on public streets to track cars, license plates and provide other surveillance, are helpful to law enforcement. But privacy and… Read More
Abortion opponents continue to fight against Ohio’s 2023 reproductive rights amendment
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two lawsuits recently filed in Ohio are taking on the 2023 voter-approved constitutional amendment that legalized reproductive rights and abortion access. The lawsuits are… Read More
Ohio House Republicans vote for another abortion waiting period, while the current one is in court
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio House have approved a bill to create a 24-hour waiting period between the time a patient seeks an abortion and when… Read More
A bill requiring info on ‘abortion reversal’ has been introduced for the third time in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican-sponsored bill would require women who got abortion-inducing medication to receive information on how to reverse that process after taking the first of the… Read More
A major abortion provider in Ohio will expand its services via telehealth
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Medication-induced abortions are already more common in Ohio than those involving surgical procedures. The new Ohio Abortion Report shows the 25,135 abortions provided in Ohio… Read More
2025 Year in Review: Bills that state lawmakers didn’t pass, but they still could
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Around a thousand bills were introduced in the Ohio General Assembly this year, and 52 were passed and signed into law. The bills that didn’t… Read More
Ohio House Republicans approve a ban on prescribing abortion drugs via telehealth
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Doctors often use telehealth with a patient and then prescribe drugs. And some abortion providers have been using telehealth to prescribe abortion drugs to patients…. Read More
Two GOP lawmakers push for a new abortion waiting period in Ohio, as the current law is still in court
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While the Ohio law requiring a 24-hour hold between when a woman seeks an abortion and when she gets the procedure is still being… Read More
A case asking who can dispense abortion-inducing drugs is likely headed for the Ohio Supreme Court
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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CINCINNATI, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Hamilton County Court judge has blocked state restrictions on nurse practitioners and other advanced practice clinicians from prescribing or providing drugs that cause abortion…. Read More
A bill to ban abortion, criminalize IVF and some contraceptives is being proposed in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — While advocates continue to back legislation that would outlaw or limit abortion though Ohio has a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights, a new bill… Read More
A GOP bill requires a 24-hour wait for abortion, as Ohio courts review the current waiting period
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican lawmaker has sponsored a bill to require a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion, though the existing law requiring that wait is… Read More
The Ohio House budget changes abortion reporting requirements to get more patient information
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health produces the Ohio Abortion Report each year that gives information about abortions being performed during a calendar year. A new provision in… Read More
The Ohio Department of Health responded to a complaint over an abortion drugs website
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Department of Health can’t take action against a website offering information about abortion drugs via telehealth, according to that agency’s response to… Read More
Ohio Right to Life filed a complaint over a national website that connects patients with abortion drugs
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Since voters approved Ohio’s Reproductive Rights Amendment in 2023, opponents of abortion, and Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, have been waging court challenges to… Read More
A court rules an Ohio law that requires burial or cremation of aborted fetal remains is unconstitutional
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A 2021 Ohio law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains from abortion has been blocked by a Hamilton County judge. The court… Read More
AG Dave Yost appeals the ruling that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The fight over Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, one of the strictest in the country, continues in court. Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has appealed a judge’s decision… Read More
A bill seeks to go after Ohio cities providing assistance for low-income women seeking abortions
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — State funds can’t go to organizations that provide abortions – including Planned Parenthood and other health care providers. But a new Republican-backed bill would penalize… Read More
What’s next now that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban has been ruled unconstitutional?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional, after voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights last year. In that ruling, Hamilton County… Read More
A court rules Ohio’s six-week abortion ban is unconstitutional
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s ban on nearly all abortion cannot be enforced, at the order of a Hamilton County judge. Judge Christian Jenkins ruled Ohio’s ban on… Read More
Republican, Democratic and Independent women pen a letter to Moreno on his abortion comments
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 1,200 Ohio women have signed an open letter to Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno to tell him they don’t think comments he made… Read More
Abortion opponents focus on next month’s vote at third annual Ohio March for Life
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Around a thousand people of all ages gathered in the warm sunshine on the Ohio Statehouse lawn, carrying signs that read “choose life”, “make… Read More
Abortion numbers went up in Ohio, including out-of-state patients
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The latest Ohio Abortion Report shows an increase in the number of abortions in 2023 over 2022. There were 22,000 abortions in Ohio in 2023, an increase… Read More
Advocates say abortion and birth control are on Ohio’s ballot again, indirectly
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With the 2024 general election less than 40 days away and early voting starting even sooner in Ohio, reproductive rights advocates argue that access to… Read More
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