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Voting has begun on Issue 1, the abortion rights amendment. Opponents argue that parents will lose the right to have a say if their child chooses an abortion. This week on Snollygoster, host Mike Thompson discusses the issue with Capital University law professor Dan Kobil and Dr. Courtney Kerestes, a fellow with Physicians for Reproductive Health.

The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican bill that would require students to see videos on fetal development—which opponents say is anti-abortion propaganda.

A Texas man is suing three women he says helped his ex-wife obtain an abortion "without even his knowledge." Experts say documents related to the case suggest he might have known ahead of time.

A Texas grand jury decided not to indict Planned Parenthood on charges of selling embryos for research — and has decided instead to indict 2 people who secretly recorded Planned Parenthood executives.

Reaction is strong on both sides of the abortion issue after a Hamilton County Judge issued a 14-day stay in the state’s so-called "Heartbeat" Law.

The law could put doctors, and even patients, in prison for up to four years. And the state's attorney general says she can't stop local prosecutors from enforcing it.

The bill would make most abortions illegal after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has not said whether she will sign the measure.

The Austin City Council is defying Texas state legislators, setting aside $150,000 in city funds to help local women who seek abortions pay for attendant costs, such as transportation or child care.

With abortion access now limited, advocates worry about a return to dangerous underground procedures. A family matriarch died in one such procedure generations ago. Her family is still grieving.

"This is a constitutional challenge" to Georgia's law, the plaintiffs say in the lawsuit, in which they call the abortion restrictions "an affront to the dignity and health of Georgians."