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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.
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 ...
Not only will the passage of Issue 1 protect people seeking abortion services in Ohio, it will ensure that there is a right to birth control, fertility treatment, and miscarriage care.
Ohio will become the latest state to enshrine reproductive rights in its state constitution, CNN projects, continuing a winning trend for abortion rights advocates since the overturning of Roe v.Wade.
Ohio was the only state to consider a statewide abortion rights question in 2023, joining a growing number of states where voters are choosing to protect abortion access since the U.S. Supreme ...
Voters across Ohio voted to protect access to abortion Tuesday. How did it happen and what does it mean for 2024?
The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that has blocked enforcement of Ohio's near-ban on abortions for the past 14 months. The ruling moves action in ...
The then-current abortion law of Akron, Ohio, which included a 24-hour waiting period and the requirement that a doctor inform the patient of the stage of fetal development, the supposed health risks of abortion, and the availability of adoption and childbirth resources, was unconstitutional. Court membership; Chief Justice Warren E. Burger