abortion rights

The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments over the technical question of legal standing and authority of county courts earlier today and will render a decision that could decide the fate of Ohio's six-week abortion ban.

Public hearings will be held this week and the redistricting process will likely be finalized soon.

The pro-Issue 1 side had sued over the language approved by Republicans on the Ohio Ballot Board, but this Supreme Court ruling was not exactly what they wanted.

Justices disagreed, freeing Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights and Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom to continue to gather signatures aimed at making the November ballot. Their deadline is July 5.

With an effort to enshrine abortion rights looming this fall, an influential mix of Republican politicians, lobbying organizations and business interests is positioning to try to make another change to the state's founding document first.

Some think a lawsuit filed last week, asking the Ohio Supreme Court to take action, could stop the current petitions from being accepted.

Political scientists, attorneys and advocates on both sides of the issue talk about how an abortion guaranteeing access to abortion, fertility treatments and other reproductive services might be applied in Ohio.

The Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Choice is one of two groups that wants to put an abortion rights amendment before voters.

One of the key players in a coalition that wants to put reproductive rights before voters says the group hasn't ruled out this November, especially if referendum changes go on ballot.

JD Vance may have been rising in the polls before election day, but it was former President Trump’s endorsement and one big super PAC contribution that put him over the top. In this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the race for Ohio's open Senate seat and the other primary results.