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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 2023 Ohio reproductive rights initiative, [2] officially titled "The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety" and listed on the ballot as Issue 1, [3] was a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment adopted on November 7, 2023, by a majority (56.8%) of voters.
It was passed by the House on May 1, 1810, by a vote of 87–3. [7] Having been approved by Congress, the proposed amendment was sent to the state legislatures for ratification and was ratified by the following states: [8] Maryland – December 25, 1810; Kentucky – January 31, 1811; Ohio – January 31, 1811; Delaware – February 2, 1811
Article VI details the state's powers regarding education. Ohio has a long history of education being a public service. The initial 1802 constitution prohibited laws to prevent poor children from receiving an education. [29] Federal law at the time also granted the state significant lands to sell for the benefit of schools.
Ohio passed medical cannabis (along with decriminalized cannabis) in 2016 under Ohio House Bill 523. [15] In early 2022, pro-cannabis advocates gathered signatures to send recreational legalization measure to the state legislature. In April, the Senate president publicly announced that he would not bring the measure up for a vote.
Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #551 on Friday, December 13, 2024. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Friday, December 13, 2024 The New York Times
A Pennsylvania man was arraigned Friday in U.S. District Court in Columbus, charged with traveling to central Ohio to have sex and film pornography with a 13-year-old girl he met online.
In September 2023, the Ohio Redistricting Commission passed a new statehouse map by a 7-0 vote. Although this map was gerrymandered to approximately the same degree as the previous maps, because it had been passed with bipartisan support, in November 2023, the Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the three lawsuits filed against it.