In the first statewide abortion rights vote after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, voters rejected an amendment to the state’s constitution which would have removed abortion as a constitutional right and opened the door to state legislation on the issue. The measure wasvoted down 59% to 41%....
Joe Adams criticized the plan in part by alleging that the state’s congressional and legislative districts are gerrymandered to favor Republicans. That would make it nearly impossible for an abortion measure to be approved under the proposed legislation. Attempts to keep abortion measures off ...
A state version of the criminalizing bill had already been drafted in Ohio; in that legislation, the descriptive terminology was "brain suction abortion." The procedure appeared to be unique to the United States, where since January 1973 abortion law and politics have resembled that coffee table...
Abortion rights groups in Ohio are raising funds nationally and working to get an amendment on the November ballot that would circumvent this legislation and enshrine protections in the state's constitution. In a poll last year conducted by the Associated Press, 59% of Ohio voters said they beli...
In Ohio, the inclusion of party labels started in 2022 after state GOP lawmakers approved legislation to list certain judicial candidates' political affiliations. The heightened attention on these races can lead to judicial elections — and the decisions coming out of the state supreme courts — bec...
In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court held Legislation to prohibit a specific abortion that the Constitution protects a woman’s procedure, the so-called “partial-birth” abor- decision whether to terminate her pregnancy, tion procedure, was passed in the 108th Con- ...
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All of Ohio's abortion clinics have been ordered to stop providing the procedure as the state clamps down on medical services to preserve protective gear amid the growingcoronavirusoutbreak. The order, if enforced, would make abortion even more difficult to obtain in a state that's been aggressi...
“stops a beating heart” was arguably the stroke of political genius that helped so-called “heartbeat bills” defy constitutional concerns to become law in 12 states. None has taken effect due to court challenges, the latest being argued Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Tennessee. (AP Photo/...