Abortion Rights

2024 Election has candidates taking stances on amendment passed by voters, Ohio law, and potential national ban

“It is the only guarantee of universal health care in the United States, and it only applies to emergency departments”

“This is Schoolhouse Rock type stuff,” he said of the idea.

Some polling differs depending on the ballot language shown to respondents

Truly a new low for race-to-the-bottom Ohio Republicans

"The truth is, Yost’s entire analysis is flawed"

“Issue 1 is about reinstating the freedoms that Ohioans enjoyed for decades before Roe v. Wade was overturned”

“The more I grew up, the more I realized this can not be up to somebody else”

Despite what the opposition claims in political ads

Researchers and advocacy groups say abstinence-only education and anti-abortion politics have already had their impact in the state, and the need to keep contraception at the forefront continues.

The post-Roe impact in Ohio was significant

They argue the Ohio ballot board's summary changes the language enough to alter the meaning of the amendment

In a 3-2 decision, the Ohio Ballot Board rejected using the full amendment proposal text for voters to see, and the approved summary language leaves out protecting contraception, fertility treatment and miscarriage care

The drug is “incredibly safe, with lower complication rates than penicillin and Viagra”

Abortion rights groups request full text on November ballots

A similar amendment in Michigan did not overturn parental consent, and the Ohio Supreme Court would be very unlikely to find that to be the case in Ohio, experts say

DeWine promises an abortion policy the majority can agree on, but doesn’t concede November’s vote will deliver that

“Almost everybody that voted no [on Issue 1] will vote yes [on abortion rights] in November.”