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A lawsuit has been filed against Ohio over abortion restrictions remaining after constitutional change
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The ACLU of Ohio, along with others, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of abortion providers who say several state laws on the books… Read More

Purple Ohio? Parties in the former bellwether state take lessons from 2023 abortion, marijuana votes
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Samantha Hendrickson | AP/Report for America
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For more than half a century, Ohio was one of the most important states to watch during presidential election years, a place where both parties competed… Read More

Would-be Ohio parents concerned about future of IVF after court ruling in Alabama
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled this week that a fertilized frozen embryo has the same legal standing as a baby, questions have been… Read More

A filing suggests that Ohio’s AG believes at least part of the six-week abortion ban is still constitutional
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is asking a Hamilton County judge deciding the legality of the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks to… Read More

An Ohio woman who miscarried at home won’t be charged with corpse abuse, grand jury decides
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman facing a criminal charge for her handling of a home miscarriage will not be charged, a grand jury decided Thursday. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office… Read More

Some Ohio Republicans introduced a bill to remove power from courts on cases related to abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Some Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would take authority away from courts to deal with the new abortion access and reproductive… Read More

2023 Year in Review: Abortion in the court and on the Ohio ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohioans have new constitutionally protected reproductive rights after voters approved a new amendment this fall. 2023 has been a big year when it comes… Read More

The Ohio doctors behind November amendment defend a woman charged after an alleged miscarriage
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The group of doctors behind Issue 1, the successful campaign to enshrine abortion rights into the Ohio Constitution, is speaking out about a case… Read More

The order blocking enforcement of an Ohio abortion ban stands after the high court dismisses appeal
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that has blocked enforcement of Ohio’s near-ban on abortion for the past 14 months. The… Read More

Ohio’s 2023 abortion fight cost campaigns $70 million
By: Julie Carr Smyth | Samantha Hendrickson | AP/Report for America
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — This fall’s fight over abortion rights in Ohio cost a combined $70 million, campaign finance reports filed Friday show. Voters overwhelming passed November’s Issue 1, which… Read More

Abortion rights advocates ask the Ohio Supreme Court to block the six-week ban as unconstitutional
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Opponents of the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks that’s currently on hold while the Ohio Supreme Court considers it are filing a… Read More

A Kentucky woman seeking court approval for an abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
By: Bruce Schreiner | Kimberlee Kruesi | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday…. Read More
Ohio’s Attorney General says the six-week abortion ban is now unconstitutional, but the state Supreme Court case should go on
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — The parties in the lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court over the state’s ban on abortion after six weeks filed arguments yesterday on how Issue… Read More

A pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an abortion
By: Bruce Schreiner | Kimberlee Kruesi | AP
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, the second legal challenge in days to sweeping abortion bans that… Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’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

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

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
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