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It codified reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution, including contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and abortion up to the point of fetal viability, [a] restoring Roe v. Wade-era access to abortion in Ohio. [4] In 2019, the state legislature passed a six-week ban on abortion in Ohio, without exceptions for rape or incest. [5]
Last year, abortion rights advocates won six out of six state ballot election measures on abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Ohio’s vote continues a winning ...
Not only will the passage of Issue 1 protect people seeking abortion services in Ohio, it will ensure that there is a right to birth control, fertility treatment, and miscarriage care.
Voters across Ohio voted to protect access to abortion Tuesday. How did it happen and what does it mean for 2024?
Instead, abortion rights advocates have filed lawsuits. Thursday's decision came after a Franklin County judge blocked a requirement that patients wait at least 24 hours to obtain an abortion.
Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, the latest victory for abortion rights supporters since the ...
Ohio was the only state to consider a statewide abortion rights question in 2023, joining a growing number of states where voters are choosing to protect abortion access since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide protections granted by its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
The proposal’s failure means that a November referendum on abortion rights will need only 50 per cent of the vote to enshrine those protections into the state’s constitution, a major victory ...