Ohio AG asks justices to lift order blocking abortion law
1 year, 11 months ago

Ohio AG asks justices to lift order blocking abortion law

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to weigh in on the future of the state’s near-ban on abortions, despite arguing less than six months ago that the same court lacked jurisdiction to determine the paused law’s constitutionality. The filing came after Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins preliminarily blocked the law and the First District Court of Appeals denied Yost’s attempt to appeal Jenkins’ ruling. Yost is now asking the Ohio Supreme Court to reverse that ruling, arguing that "rial courts that issue such injunctions have every incentive to drag out lower-court proceedings, ensuring their orders remain in effect — and that state laws with which they disagree remain unenforceable — for as long as possible.” He also wants justices to “grant review” to decide whether the Ohio Constitution guarantees a right to abortion and whether abortion providers, rather than women seeking abortions, may sue to enforce it. Ironically, Preterm-Cleveland and other Ohio abortion clinics that are challenging the constitutionality of Ohio’s so-called heartbeat abortion ban, signed in 2019, wound up in Jenkins’ court only after Yost and others fought their right to file their initial challenge in the Ohio Supreme Court.

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A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions
4 days, 8 hours ago

A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

Associated Press  

— A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly at odds” with a constitutional amendment creating a right to abortion …

Ohio attorney general appeals ruling striking down statewide abortion ban
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Ohio attorney general appeals ruling striking down statewide abortion ban

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s attorney general will appeal a ruling that struck down the most far-reaching of the state’s laws restricting abortion. A county judge in October determined that last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights effectively made the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional. Yost acknowledged in earlier court filings that the amendment rendered the Ohio ban unconstitutional, but sought to …

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment
2 months ago

Judge Strikes Down Ohio Abortion Ban, Citing Reproductive Rights Amendment

Associated Press  

Ohio's most restrictive abortion law, which prohibited abortions after cardiac activity is detected at six weeks of pregnancy, was struck down by a county judge. The judge ruled that the 2019 law, which was passed after Roe v. Wade was overturned, violated the state's constitution's protection of individual liberty and equal protection. The ruling is a major victory for abortion …

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
2 months ago

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment

LA Times  

Supporters attend a rally for the Right to Reproductive Freedom amendment at the Ohio State House in Columbus last year. The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion has been struck down by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional. Jenkins said Thursday that when the U.S. Supreme Court …

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Opposing sides of GA's anti-abortion law speak out after judge rules ban unconstitutional

Raw Story  

Abortion rights advocates are cheering Monday’s court ruling that brought back expanded services in Georgia, even as they brace for the likelihood that further judicial action could make it short-lived. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional comes just weeks before early voting starts in Georgia, including for state legislative races and …

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge upholds Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban; civil rights group vows immediate appeal

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio law that limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18 can go into effect, a county judge ruled Tuesday. Franklin County Judge Michael Holbrook, in upholding the law, wrote that the ban “reasonably limits parents’ rights to make decisions about their children’s medical care consistent with the state’s deeply rooted legitimate interest in the regulation …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

Associated Press  

— A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming health care for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday. The state’s high court acknowledged in its ruling that abortion and gender-affirming care “are distinct types of medical …

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Nebraska Supreme Court upholds law restricting both medical care for transgender youth and abortion

LA Times  

Activists at the Nebraska state Capitol in Lincoln protest a bill last year that combined proposed restriction on abortion and gender-affirming care for people under 19. A Nebraska law that combined abortion restrictions with another measure to limit gender-affirming healthcare for minors does not violate a state constitutional amendment requiring bills to stick to a single subject, a majority of …

Editorial: They changed the wording in party platform, but the GOP still wants to ban abortion
5 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: They changed the wording in party platform, but the GOP still wants to ban abortion

LA Times  

Vance speaks as Donald Trump looks on at a 2022 rally in Youngstown, Ohio. States that voted for Trump in 2020, such as Ohio and Kansas, more recently voted to enshrine abortion rights into their state constitutions or rejected measures that would prohibit doing so after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. The statement continues with the …

Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: If you were relieved by the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings this term, think again

LA Times  

Demonstrators gather outside the Supreme Court on Friday after the justices kicked the can down the road on whether federal law guaranteeing emergency medical care trumps state abortion bans. Emergency access to abortion has been a flashpoint in the chaotic aftermath of the Supreme Court’s overturning of the right to terminate a pregnancy in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban

CNN  

CNN — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday to uphold the state’s abortion ban, which prohibits most abortions in the state as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Kim Reynolds celebrated the ruling Friday, saying she is glad the state’s high court “upheld the will of the people.” “As the heartbeat bill finally becomes law, we are deeply committed to …

Supreme Court rejects Idaho’s appeal — for now — to ban abortions in medical emergencies
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court rejects Idaho’s appeal — for now — to ban abortions in medical emergencies

LA Times  

A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24 in Washington. The Supreme Court retreated Thursday from ruling on Idaho’s near total ban on abortions, leaving in place a judge’s order that for now allows doctors to perform abortions when necessary in medical emergencies. The justices in an unsigned order said …

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A judge on Tuesday blocked Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions, saying it conflicts with a 2022 voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that guarantees abortion rights. The waiting period “forces needless delay on patients after they are able to consent to a procedure, thus burdening and infringing upon a patient’s access to abortion care,” said Judge Sima …

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access
6 months ago

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access

NPR  

2 years late how the Dobbs Supreme Court decision changed abortion access Two years after the Supreme Court removed federal abortion protections, the number of abortions is up as telehealth is on the rise and reproductive rights are on the ballot in November. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have an update now on the fight over abortion two years to the …

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers are asking an Indiana trial judge this week to broaden access to abortions under the state’s near-total ban. The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, ending a broader legal challenge brought by the same plaintiffs, but said the state’s constitution protects a women’s right to an abortion when her life or health is at …

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?
7 months ago

Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state’s near-ban on abortion stand?

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio’s law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. A group of abortion clinics sought to overturn the law even before voters approved Issue 1, which gives every person in Ohio …

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law
8 months ago

Supreme Court appears skeptical that state abortion bans conflict with federal health care law

Associated Press  

Follow the AP’s live coverage of arguments in the Supreme Court WASHINGTON — Conservative Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Wednesday that state abortion bans enacted after the overturning of Roe v. Wade violate federal health care law, though some also questioned the effects on emergency care for pregnant patients. The Biden administration says abortion care must be allowed in those …

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in
8 months ago

When can doctors provide emergency abortions in states with strict bans? Supreme Court to weigh in

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies. Idaho says its law does have an exception for life-saving abortions, and it contends the Biden administration wants to define health emergencies more broadly to turn hospitals into “abortion enclaves.” Idaho …

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect
8 months, 1 week ago

Iowa asks state Supreme Court to let its restrictive abortion law go into effect

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to let its blocked abortion law go into effect and uphold it altogether, disputing abortion providers’ claims it infringes on women’s rights to exercise bodily autonomy. Most Republican-led states have limited abortion access following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and 14 states have …

Lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban survives a state challenge
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lawsuit challenging Indiana abortion ban survives a state challenge

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Court of Appeals gave an incremental win Thursday to a group of residents suing the state over its near-total abortion ban, arguing that it violates a state law protecting religious freedom. Indiana’s near total abortion ban went into effect in August after the Indiana Supreme Court upheld it, ending a separate legal challenge. The appeals court …

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lawsuit says Ohio’s gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two families of transgender minors filed a constitutional challenge on Tuesday to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming health care for youth under 18. We will fight in court to ensure that trans youth and their parents can access critically important, lifesaving healthcare without government intrusion.” DeWine vetoed the law Dec. 29, after touring the state …

Ohio House overrides Republican governor’s veto of ban on gender affirming care for minors
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ohio House overrides Republican governor’s veto of ban on gender affirming care for minors

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Republican-dominated Ohio House voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting transgender women’s and girls’ participation on sports teams, a move LGBTQ+ activists say would severely restrict the everyday lives of transgender youth in the state. The proposals include mandating a “contractual relationship” with medical care …

Wisconsin judge reaffirms July ruling that state law permits consensual abortions
1 year ago

Wisconsin judge reaffirms July ruling that state law permits consensual abortions

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Tuesday reaffirmed her ruling from earlier this year that state law permits consensual medical abortions, handing abortion rights advocates a massive victory but opening up appellate options for conservatives. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the court’s landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion, in June 2022 reactivated an 1849 Wisconsin …

Judge weighing Ohio abortion rights amendment’s legal impact keeps anti-abortion groups clear
1 year ago

Judge weighing Ohio abortion rights amendment’s legal impact keeps anti-abortion groups clear

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — 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. In a brief order issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Michael R. Barrett said he rejected …

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio
1 year ago

Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic operators to get grants -- but only in Ohio

Associated Press  

A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them. Since 1981, federal policy has changed several times regarding whether programs receiving family planning funds can provide abortions or refer patients …

Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts
1 year, 1 month ago

Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. “A lot of that hard work of figuring out what state laws are inconsistent with the amendment and what state laws can remain, does tend to devolve to the courts,” said Laura Hermer, a professor …

Ohio voters just passed abortion rights protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts
1 year, 1 month ago

Ohio voters just passed abortion rights protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts

LA Times  

Dueling demonstrators in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections before this month’s Ohio vote on abortion access. Ohio’s new constitutional protections for abortion access and other reproductive rights take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. “So let’s call on the legislators to do their job, to use their constitutionally granted right to …

Republican faction seeks to keep courts from interpreting Ohio’s new abortion rights amendment
1 year, 1 month ago

Republican faction seeks to keep courts from interpreting Ohio’s new abortion rights amendment

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four Ohio Republican state lawmakers are seeking to strip judges of their power to interpret an abortion rights amendment after voters opted to enshrine those rights in the state’s constitution this week. Republican state Reps. Jennifer Gross, Bill Dean, Melanie Miller and Beth Lear said in a news release Thursday that they’ll push to have the Legislature, …

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion providers seek to broaden access to the procedure in Indiana

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Abortion providers and a pregnancy resource center sought a preliminary injunction Thursday to broaden the scope of a health or life exception to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban and to expand the sites where the procedures can be performed. The plaintiffs include the Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky; another past abortion …

How Republican Courts Could Sabotage the Ohio Abortion Vote and Future Ballot Measures
54 years, 11 months ago

How Republican Courts Could Sabotage the Ohio Abortion Vote and Future Ballot Measures

Slate  

After Ohio voted to enshrine reproductive care access in the state’s constitution on Tuesday, abortion rights supporters are now a perfect 7-for-7 in ballot initiative fights since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. The depth of voter support for abortion rights is impressive, but celebrations of the success of abortion rights ballot initiatives overlook the next step …

Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights
1 year, 1 month ago

Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, the latest victory for abortion rights supporters since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Heather Williams, interim president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to state legislatures, said …

Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights
1 year, 1 month ago

Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights

LA Times  

Lauren Miracle holds her son Dawson, 1, as she helps her daughter Oaklynn, 3, fill out a child’s practice ballot before voting herself Tuesday in Oregonia, Ohio. Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion and other forms of reproductive health care, the latest victory for abortion rights supporters since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned …

Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments
1 year, 2 months ago

Ohio wants to revive a strict abortion law. Justices are weighing the legal arguments

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Supreme Court justices vigorously questioned the state’s lawyer Wednesday about a legal strategy that Ohio is attempting in hopes of reviving its law banning most abortions except in the earliest weeks of pregnancy. Flowers was representing Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, whose appeal also asserts Preterm Cleveland and the other Ohio clinics that filed the lawsuit …

Ahead of abortion vote, Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a rewrite of some misleading ballot language
1 year, 3 months ago

Ahead of abortion vote, Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a rewrite of some misleading ballot language

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A wildly divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday that only one element of the disputed ballot language for describing a closely watched fall abortion rights question is misleading and must be rewritten. In Tuesday’s ruling, the court invalidated board language that suggested the amendment would limit “citizens of the State” from passing laws to restrict abortion …

Ahead of Ohio abortion vote, a court says some ballot language is misleading, must be rewritten
1 year, 3 months ago

Ahead of Ohio abortion vote, a court says some ballot language is misleading, must be rewritten

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In Tuesday's ruling, the court invalidated board language that suggested the amendment would limit …

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing
1 year, 4 months ago

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court on Monday denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. The ACLU of Indiana’s executive director, Jane Henegar, released a statement saying Monday was “a dark day in Indiana’s history.” “We have seen the horrifying …

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling that let Nebraska abortion ban stand
1 year, 4 months ago

Planned Parenthood appeals ruling that let Nebraska abortion ban stand

Associated Press  

— Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has appealed a judge’s ruling that left a new Nebraska law intact that bans abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and imposes restrictions on gender-affirming surgery. Planned Parenthood filed its appeal Friday with help from the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska, one week after a judge sided with the state and rejected the …

Nebraska judge allows abortion limits and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery
1 year, 4 months ago

Nebraska judge allows abortion limits and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery

Associated Press  

A Nebraska judge on Friday rejected an effort to block a ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restrictions on gender-affirming surgery. “I was proud to sign into law a measure that protects kids and defends the unborn, and I am pleased that it has been upheld.” Mindy Rush Chipman, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union …

Issue 1: Ohio Rejects Proposal Aimed at Raising Threshold for Altering State Constitution
1 year, 4 months ago

Issue 1: Ohio Rejects Proposal Aimed at Raising Threshold for Altering State Constitution

News 18  

Voters in Ohio on Tuesday rejected a proposal that would have made amending the state’s constitution more difficult, US media projected, in a case viewed nationwide as a test of conservatives’ power to oppose liberal causes such as abortion rights. “Today, Ohio voters rejected an effort by Republican lawmakers and special interests to change the state’s constitutional amendment process,” President …

Block on Iowa’s strict abortion law can be appealed, state Supreme Court says
1 year, 4 months ago

Block on Iowa’s strict abortion law can be appealed, state Supreme Court says

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Kim Reynolds can proceed with an appeal on a temporary block on the state’s new, restrictive abortion law, the Iowa Supreme Court said Tuesday. Reynolds is asking the state Supreme Court to override the lower court’s ruling and allow the law to go back into effect. The 2018 law was passed despite state and federal …

Iowa law banning most abortions after about 6 weeks takes effect as judge weighs whether to block it
1 year, 5 months ago

Iowa law banning most abortions after about 6 weeks takes effect as judge weighs whether to block it

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy was signed into law Friday, forcing clinics to scramble to arrange out-of-state care for many women whose access immediately ended as a judge considered whether to temporarily put a hold on the law. The ACLU of Iowa, Planned Parenthood North Central States and the …

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections
1 year, 5 months ago

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the …

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections
1 year, 5 months ago

Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s abortion ban doesn’t violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last summer ahead of a wave of restrictions by conservative states in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Indiana became the first state to enact tighter abortion restrictions, acting in …

High court clears August election in Ohio, says lawmakers within rights to violate law they passed
1 year, 6 months ago

High court clears August election in Ohio, says lawmakers within rights to violate law they passed

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An August special election that will determine citizens’ future access to the Ohio Constitution — and potentially the fate of an abortion rights amendment — can go forward as planned despite state lawmakers passing a law last year that eliminated most elections in August, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Friday. The General Assembly’s exercise of its constitutional …

Iowa Supreme Court declines to reinstate strict abortion limits, but a new law could be coming
1 year, 6 months ago

Iowa Supreme Court declines to reinstate strict abortion limits, but a new law could be coming

Associated Press  

DES MOINES, Iowa — Abortion will remain legal in Iowa after the state’s high court declined Friday to reinstate a law that would have largely banned the procedure, rebuffing Republican Gov. Reynolds signed Iowa’s 2018 law despite state and federal court decisions at the time, including Roe, affirming a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. In a separate case, the Iowa …

State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue
1 year, 6 months ago

State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state’s constitution will not be split into two separate issues — one about abortion, and one about other reproductive healthcare. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the Ohio Supreme Court sided with the bipartisan Ohio Ballot Board over …

Oklahoma high court strikes down 2 abortion bans; procedure remains illegal in most cases
1 year, 6 months ago

Oklahoma high court strikes down 2 abortion bans; procedure remains illegal in most cases

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure remains illegal in the state in nearly all cases except life-threatening situations. The court said this language conflicts with a previous ruling it issued in March that determined the Oklahoma Constitution provides an “inherent right of a pregnant woman …

Ohio board approves August ballot question meant to thwart abortion rights push
1 year, 7 months ago

Ohio board approves August ballot question meant to thwart abortion rights push

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A ballot question seeking to make it more difficult to amend the Ohio Constitution was cleared for an August ballot on Thursday, and teams of Republican and Democratic lawmakers assigned to write pro and con arguments, respectively, to be presented to voters. Some Democratic lawmakers led a “one person, one vote” chant and march after last week’s …

Ohio Constitution question aimed at thwarting abortion rights push heads to August ballot
1 year, 7 months ago

Ohio Constitution question aimed at thwarting abortion rights push heads to August ballot

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters will get the chance to decide whether to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments just ahead of possible November vote on an amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state. A resolution asking voters in an August election to raise the threshold for future amendments from a simple majority to 60% cleared the …

Pending abortion ban can’t be prevented, Montana judge rules
1 year, 8 months ago

Pending abortion ban can’t be prevented, Montana judge rules

Associated Press  

— A bill to restrict abortions in Montana will become law — at least temporarily — if the governor signs it, a judge ruled. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley said the request by Planned Parenthood of Montana was made before the bill became law, so there is nothing to block. Planned Parenthood argued the law is unconstitutional based on a …

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