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Ohio’s new abortion amendment is in effect but doctors are reluctant to make any big changes
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issue 1, Ohio’s new voter-passed amendment that enshrines abortion rights into the state constitution, went into effect Thursday. But while legal scholars say the… Read More
![Supporters of Issue 1, the constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion and reproductive rights into Ohio's constitution, hug as the race is called for the "yes" side.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-2-e1699413107779-900x422.webp)
Starting today, Ohioans have a constitutional right to an abortion as Issue 1 takes effect
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A month after nearly 57% of voters approved Issue 1, the amendment guaranteeing abortion access and reproductive rights has taken effect in Ohio. “I am… Read More
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The judge weighing Issue 1’s impact on Ohio abortion laws keeps anti-abortion groups from writing in
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge in Ohio has denied a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to weigh in on long-running litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements, as… Read More
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A court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants — but only in Ohio
By: Geoff Mulvihill | AP
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CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where… Read More
![Dr. Anita Somani (left) and Dr. Beth Liston (center) and House Minority Leader Allison Russo (right) talk about the bill to repeal or change abortion policy in Ohio at a press conference in November 2023.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/download-28-e1701642315137-900x422.webp)
Democratic Ohio Reps introduce a bill they say will repeal unconstitutional abortion laws
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A few weeks after nearly 57% of Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on abortion access in Issue 1, House Democrats have introduced a… Read More
![Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose speaks to the Fairfield County Lincoln Republican Club, March 24, 2022, in Pickerington, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AP23333802321616-e1701381588617-900x422.jpg)
LaRose says opponents of the abortion-rights measure gave input on ballot language
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose consulted with three prominent anti-abortion groups while drafting the contested ballot language used to describe Issue 1, an abortion-rights measure overwhelmingly approved by… 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 voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. How and when their… Read More
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Ohio’s top court will consider how Issue 1 affects the state’s six-week abortion ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Ohio Supreme Court, which has been considering a technical question about the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks, asked the parties involved… Read More
![Ohio Senate President Huffman talking to reporters November 15, 2023](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-22-e1700159291524-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s Senate Leader now says after the Issue 1 vote, abortion won’t be back on the ballot soon
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The Republican leader of the Ohio Senate says he doesn’t want an abortion amendment to change parts of Issue 1 passed by voters earlier… Read More
![House Speaker Jason Stephens speaks to reporters at the Ohio Statehouse](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-e1699991783696-900x422.webp)
Ohio’s House leader nixes the idea from some Republicans to seize courts’ power over abortion laws
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A draft bill from a Republican lawmaker proposed taking authority away from the courts on laws involving the new abortion amendment approved by voters… Read More
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Exit polls showed independent voters decided Ohio’s election on abortion and marijuana
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issues 1 and 2 passed with almost the same margins on Tuesday. But Issue 2 – legal marijuana – won in 40 counties, and… Read More
![Signs promoting campaigns line the lawn in front of the Franklin County Board Of Elections in North Columbus.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-2-1-e1697688681227-900x422.webp)
Ohio House GOP says it will consider “removing jurisdiction from the judiciary” on Issue 1 laws
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans are expected to unveil their proposals on abortion-related laws in the wake of the passage of Issue 1, which put abortion rights in… Read More
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Ohio lawmakers differ on how to change abortion policies to comply with new amendment
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – The amendment approved by voters Tuesday enshrines abortion rights into the state’s founding document. And the passage of Issue 1 means some Ohio’s laws… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine talking to members of the media who hold out recorders and cellphones](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-20-e1699586756161-900x422.webp)
DeWine weighs in on abortion and marijuana with Ohio’s election in the rearview
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine weighed in Thursday on Issues 1 and 2 during his first public appearance after the passage of the statewide ballot measures,… Read More
![Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo (D-Upper Arlington) is all smiles as she talks to fellow supporters of the abortion rights amendment](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-3-e1699563873875-900x422.webp)
What does the new abortion rights amendment really mean in terms of Ohio’s abortion policies?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Supporters and opponents of Issue 1, the proposal passed by Ohio voters Tuesday, are determining where to go from here. After all, the constitutional… Read More
![Supporters of Issue 1, the constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion and reproductive rights into Ohio's constitution, hug as the race is called for the "yes" side.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/download-2-e1699413107779-900x422.webp)
Ohioans approve Issue 1 to put abortion and reproductive rights in the state’s constitution
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After months of campaigning, tens of millions of dollars in advertising and political machinations from lawmakers who oppose abortion rights, Ohioans voted overwhelmingly to… Read More
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A look at state races where reproductive rights are a key issue in next week’s elections
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — In the year and a half since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion rights have been front and center in elections across the country…. Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine stands with opponents of Issue 1 and the Susan B. Anthony organization before volunteers went canvassing door to door](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-15-e1698783590516-900x422.webp)
Promises being made and politics being played in the final days of early voting on Issue 1
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the end of early voting and election day come closer, both supporters and opponents of Issue 1 are making their final pitches and… Read More
![A poll worker helps a voter to a machine at Franklin County's early voting center in Columbus on Sunday, March 15. In-person voting for the March 17 primary was cancelled the next day and the mail-in deadline was extended to April 28.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3537-e1592363438992-900x422.jpeg)
Early votes in Ohio’s Nov. 7 election on reproductive rights and marijuana are up over August’s vote
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — With just over a week of early voting left before election day on Nov. 7, the numbers are ahead of where they were for the… Read More
![Columbus-area residents Beth and Kyle Long head into the Franklin County Early Vote Center in the rain.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/download-10-e1698607050120-900x422.webp)
As Ohioans vote on Issue 1, DeWine hopes to thwart it by promising to relax six-week abortion ban
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Early voting continues for the Nov. 7 election, which includes Issue 1, the abortion access and reproductive rights amendment. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says Issue… Read More
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What does Ohio’s Issue 1 say on miscarriage care and other reproductive rights?
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issue 1 would not only enshrine abortion rights into Ohio’s constitution but would also provide care for miscarriages and other reproductive rights. Questions about those… Read More
![People gather and say the Pledge of Allegiance during the Ohio March for Life rally at the Ohio State House in Columbus](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AP23291699535484-e1698086411469-900x422.jpg)
“Partial-birth abortions” are banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio’s abortion amendment?
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With Election Day closing in, anti-abortion groups seeking to build opposition to a reproductive rights measure in Ohio are messaging heavily around a term for an abortion… Read More
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Ohio voters will decide a constitutional amendment on reproductive rights. Here’s what you need to know
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Issue 1 would enshrine abortion and reproductive rights into the Ohio Constitution. Its opponents and supporters are making claims about what it would or… Read More
![Voters line up in Columbus at Franklin County's early voting center on the first day of early in-person voting for the August special election.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download-1-1-e1689194697607-900x422.webp)
Early voting underway for Ohio’s November 7 vote on reproductive rights amendment and legal marijuana law
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s month of early voting is underway before the Nov. 7 election. Voters will decide on Issue 1, an amendment guaranteeing abortion and reproductive… Read More
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Early voting for Ohio’s controversial November ballot starts Wednesday
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — It’s been just weeks since the last election, but early voting for Ohio’s November ballot is underway. Ohioans can begin early voting by mail… Read More
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