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Though voters approved Issue 1 last fall, backers of Ohio’s existing abortion laws think they will ultimately stand once they are considered by courts.
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Lawsuit filed against Ohio over abortion restrictions still on the books after constitutional changeA lawsuit has been filed in a Franklin County Court, asking it to strike down a state law that requires a 24 hour waiting period before a person in Ohio can get an abortion.
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Passage of an amendment to enshrine abortion rights into the Ohio Constitution capped off a year of legislative turmoil over state policies on reproductive rights.
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Over the three years it took supporters of recreational marijuana legalization to get their initiated statute passed as this fall's Issue 2, they only spent about a tenth of what the abortion fight cost.
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Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts, 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant, began passing thick blood clots.
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Republican Attorney General Dave Yost admitted in his brief in the Ohio Supreme Court case that Issue 1 makes the ban on abortion after six weeks illegal, but also said that shouldn’t end the case.
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A federal judge in Ohio has denied a group of anti-abortion advocates the ability to weigh in on long-running litigation over abortion clinic transfer agreements, as he assesses the impacts on the case of an abortion-rights amendment approved by voters this fall.
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The Republican elections chief and 2024 U.S. Senate candidate revealed having help with the wording while speaking at a Nov. 17 candidate forum hosted by the local Republican club Strongsville GOP.
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Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, who was outspoken against Issue 1, is likely to argue in court that the abortion rights amendment passed in Issue 1 invalidates the ban on abortion after six weeks.
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As Ohio's Supreme Court asks the parties in a lawsuit over the six-week abortion ban how it’s affected by the newly passed amendment, the head of Ohio Right to Life said he thinks Issue 1 makes the ban unconstitutional.