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Abortion in Ohio is legal up to the point of fetal viability as a result of abortion rights being placed into the Ohio State Constitution by November 2023 Ohio Issue 1. [1]A "heartbeat bill" that banned abortions after six weeks of gestational age that was enacted before Issue 1 was challenged in court, with the Attorney General of Ohio and other Republican leaders in Ohio defending it in court.
The heartbeat bills are based on model legislation created by Faith2Action, a conservative Christian ministry from Ohio advocating for abortion restrictions. Its founder and leader, Janet Porter, said that she was frustrated by what she saw was slow progress in banning pregnancy termination around the United States.
Attorneys representing Ohio's abortion providers are committed to a lengthy legal fight. Lawyers have already sued over other Ohio laws that make it harder to obtain an abortion in the state ...
In April 2019, the Ohio legislature passed and Governor Mike DeWine signed a "heartbeat bill" that banned abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, [5] which usually occurs about six weeks after conception, before many know they are pregnant. [23] The bill allowed exceptions for threats to the mother's life, but not for rape or incest. [5]
An Ohio judge permanently struck down the state's ban on abortion after about six weeks on Thursday and criticized its Republican attorney general for attempting to circumvent the will of Ohioans ...
Jun. 29—Ohio's abortion clinics are suing to stop enforcement of the "Heartbeat Bill," which bans abortion after five or six weeks' gestation. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of ...
So-called "heartbeat bills” originated in Ohio before taking off across the country. But it was a decade before the policy became law in the state. Then-Republican Gov. John Kasich twice vetoed the measure, arguing it was unlikely to pass constitutional muster in a time when Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land.
Ohio was the only state to consider a statewide abortion rights question in 2023, ... So-called "heartbeat bills” originated in Ohio before taking off across the country. But it was a decade ...