Abortion

Ohio's Republican attorney general has appealed a judge’s decision striking down that ban after last year’s approval of a constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion.

The decision on the six-week ban comes nearly a year after Ohio voters approved an amendment guaranteeing abortion rights.

In the seven to 14 months after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, the U.S. had a 7% increase in infant mortality, and a higher increase among babies with birth defects.

Abortion opponents who gathered at the Ohio Statehouse were urged to vote this fall.

Financial aid funds that help women pay for abortions — or travel to other states to access care — are struggling financially, despite abortion's role in this year's elections.

The 2023 Ohio Abortion report shows an increase of 3,512 or 19% over 2022.

Reproductive rights advocates argue that both access to abortion and birth control is on the ballot in Ohio this year—though more indirectly than in 2023.

Former president Donald Trump made controversial comments about abortion and IVF in Florida, where voters will see an amendment similar to the one that passed in Ohio last year.

On Friday, a Franklin County judge blocked the state law that demanded patients wait 24 hours before getting abortions.

A Franklin County judge has agreed to halt Ohio’s 2021 law requiring a 24-hour waiting period before a patient can get an abortion.