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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 ...
Ohio's ban on most abortions is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge ruled Thursday after voters approved a reproductive rights amendment last November.
A judge on Friday temporarily blocked parts of Ohio's six-week abortion ban. The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas put a hold on several laws that force abortion patients to wait a minimum of ...
In September 2022, shortly after Ohio's 6-week abortion ban went into effect, a woman made national news when she almost bled to death after an Ohio hospital refused to treat her miscarriage. [18] In late September 2022, abortion providers filed affidavits in Cincinnati as part of a lawsuit aimed at stopping enforcement of the 6-week abortion ban.
The state-by-state patchwork of abortion laws arose in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade , which for a half century guaranteed a constitutional right to obtain an abortion.
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 ...
Wade-era access to abortion in Ohio. [4] In 2019, the state legislature passed a six-week ban on abortion in Ohio, without exceptions for rape or incest. [5] The statute became active after the Supreme Court of the United States held in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.
The ruling finalizes the text on a November ballot measure that, if passed, will enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution. Ohio Supreme Court rules 'unborn child' wording can remain in ...