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Some states are restricting abortion. Others are spending millions to fund it
By: Sarah McCammon | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — As a growing number of states restrict abortion, other states and some local municipalities are substantially increasing funding for abortion and other reproductive health services. At least… Read More
Ohio’s State Supreme Court rules the abortion question will go forward as single issue
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state’s constitution will not be split into two… Read More
As abortion battles shift, Planned Parenthood to boost regional affiliate funds and cut national staff
By: Geoff Mulvihill | Thalia Beaty | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Planned Parenthood is shifting funding to its state affiliates and cutting national office staff to reflect a changed landscape in both how abortion is provided and how battles over access are… Read More
Abortion bans drive off doctors and close clinics, putting other health care at risk
By: Julie Rovner | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The rush in conservative states to ban abortion after the overturn of Roe v. Wade is resulting in a startling consequence that abortion opponents may not have… Read More
How an August vote on Ohio’s Issue 1 affects the campaign for an abortion access amendment this fall
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Volunteers and paid workers are working throughout Ohio trying to collect signatures for a November vote on a proposed constitutional amendment to enshrine abortion… Read More
A key pro-choice group in Ohio gets a new leader as the battle over a reproductive rights amendment heats up
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As pro-choice groups gather signatures for a possible constitutional amendment on reproductive rights in November, there’s a new leader at one of the state’s… Read More
What’s next for abortion pill legal battle as Supreme Court decision maintains access
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The Supreme Court decided Friday to preserve access to the abortion drug mifepristone, for now. The pill will remain on the market while the Biden administration… Read More
Supreme Court extends freeze on changes to abortion pill access until Friday
By: NPR Washington Desk
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday extended until Friday at midnight an administrative stay in an ongoing lower-court fight over the FDA-approved use of the abortion pill… Read More
Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get
By: Mallika Seshadri | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — When Mara Pliskin started working at Planned Parenthood Illinois, she didn’t expect to feel like a travel agent. Now, the abortion navigation program manager and her… Read More
Supreme Court briefly puts on hold lower court’s limits on abortion drug mifepristone
By: Ximena Bustillo | Lexie Schapitl | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has placed a hold on a lower court ruling that restricts access to the abortion drug mifepristone until Wednesday night. Alito… Read More
Conflicting rulings by federal judges leaves state of abortion pill in limbo
By: Geoff Bennett | Matt Loffman | PBS NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — Dueling decisions from federal judges over the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, a main abortion pill, mark the latest flash point in the fight over reproductive rights. The… Read More
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
Will a new lawsuit stop the abortion rights amendment in Ohio? It depends on who you ask
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups backing an abortion rights amendment are gathering signatures to put it on the ballot this fall, as a lawsuit against the state ballot board… Read More
Backers of a reproductive rights amendment to Ohio’s constitution start gathering signatures
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups that want to put a proposal before voters this fall to enshrine abortion into the Ohio constitution took their petition signature gathering efforts… Read More
Ohio’s Supreme Court will review the block of near-ban on abortion
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to review a county judge’s order that is blocking enforcement of the state’s near-ban on abortions, and to consider whether the clinics challenging… Read More
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
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