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Ohio’s Attorney General certifies proposed language for an abortion rights constitutional amendment
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMUBS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has certified the summary language on petitions submitted by groups advocating for abortion rights. Yost made it clear in a… Read More
Democratic state attorneys general sue the Biden administration over abortion pill rules
Updated February 24, 2023 at 4:02 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Food and Drug Administration over abortion pill rules, accusing the… Read More
Legal abortion backers take the first step to put reproductive rights amendment on Ohio’s fall 2023 ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two groups are coming together in an effort to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution. Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights (OPPR) is a group… Read More
Groups backing abortion rights unite to put the issue before Ohio voters this November
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A group of doctors and a coalition of abortion rights advocates are coming together to put an issue on the ballot this November that… Read More
A doctors group says an abortion ballot issue can’t wait, preparing for 2023 ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — One of two groups that wants to put a proposed constitutional amendment before voters that would guarantee abortion rights says it is ready to… Read More
Referendum change and abortion rights amendment could both appear on November ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers didn’t pass a proposal to ask voters to make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments in time for the May ballot…. Read More
Ohio House leaders discuss some of the year’s most controversial bills
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — After redistricting and elections took up a large chunk of lawmakers’ time this year, the Ohio House was left with a few heated debates…. Read More
Some of the highest-profile bills failed to advance in the Ohio Legislature this year
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Abortion, education, and LGBTQ issues dominated conversation in the statehouse in 2022. But most of the bills dealing with those topics ended up on… Read More
Fewer abortions, more vasectomies: Why the procedure may be getting more popular
By: Sarah McCammon | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Restrictions on abortion in many states are prompting some men to rethink their reproductive health decisions. Since this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v…. Read More
Ohio attorney general revisits comments on girl’s abortion
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s attorney general says he laments the pain that ensued after he suggested in a nationally televised interview that an account of a 10-year-old rape victim who sought… Read More
Ohio lawmakers are not planning to pass a new abortion law before the end of the year
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will not see a new abortion ban or new language to an existing abortion ban pass the legislature by the end of the… Read More
Groups are considering placing an abortion rights issue on the Ohio ballot
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A coalition of advocates for legal abortion said they are in the beginning steps of a process of putting a constitutional amendment before voters, and… Read More
Athens City Council adopts resolution in support of reproductive rights
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Members of the Athens City Council took an official stance on the criminalization of abortion during Monday night’s meeting when they unanimously adopted a resolution encouraging… Read More
What the abortion debate in Kentucky reflects post-Roe America
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — Across America, midterm voters in five states had abortion rights on the ballot. In all five, voters decided to protect those rights. Kentucky voters rejected a… Read More
After wins at the ballot, abortion rights groups want to ‘put this to the people’
By: Sarah McCammon | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Abortion rights supporters had a successful run of ballot measures this year. In states where voters were asked to weigh in directly on abortion rights, they… Read More
Abortion plays a significant role in Ohio’s governor’s race
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) – Just a little more than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and a strict six-week ban went into effect,… Read More
$80,000 and 5 ER visits: An ectopic pregnancy takes a toll
By: Michelle Andrews | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — When Sara Laub’s period was late, the New York City resident shrugged it off. She’d used an intrauterine device, or IUD, for three years and knew… Read More
DeWine proposes new initiative for Ohio’s low-income families, others question political timing
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine, Ohio’s Republican incumbent running for re-election, is proposing a new initiative to help low-income mothers and their babies, which includes expanding… Read More
How legal uncertainty over abortion is affecting Ohioans seeking them
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s nine facilities providing surgical and medication abortions are open because of a court ruling earlier this month. That’s when a Hamilton County Common… Read More
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduces 15-week abortion ban in the Senate
By: Kelsey Snell | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has introduced a bill to create a federal ban on abortions at 15 weeks in an attempt to force Republicans to adopt… Read More
West Virginia lawmakers OK abortion ban with few exceptions
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Legislature has passed a sweeping abortion ban with few exceptions. Several Republicans said they hope the bill approved Tuesday will make it impossible for… Read More
Poll: Abortion and inflation collide as top issues in midterm elections
By: Domenico Montanaro | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Both major political parties are facing crosswinds heading into the 2022 midterms, with Democrats and many independents motivated by the issue of abortion, while Republicans have… Read More
States with the toughest abortion laws have the weakest maternal supports, data shows
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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WASHIGNTON, D.C. (NPR) — Nearly two dozen states have moved to restrict abortion or ban it altogether since the reversal of Roe v. Wade — meaning more people, especially those… Read More
What the Kansas abortion vote might mean for an Ohio ballot effort
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Many Ohioans were watching as the Kansas vote came in Tuesday. Voters there turned down a measure that would have stripped protection for abortion… Read More
Residents petition City Council to decriminalize abortion in Athens
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio – The subject of abortion wasn’t on the agenda for Monday’s Athens City Council meeting, but city residents turned out in force to ask the Council to protect… Read More
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