Abortion

Ohio voters will vote on abortion rights in November but whether that will require 60% of the vote or a simple majority will be decided on August 8. On this week's episode of Snollygoster, Ohio's politics podcast from WOSU, hosts Mike Thompson and Steve Brown discuss the latest polling and the pro-marijuana supporters racing to collect more signatures.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has been suggesting state lawmakers revisit the state's existing abortion ban to clarify it.

The Ohio Secretary of State's office has certified the proposed constitutional amendment that, if passed, would enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution.

In seven central Ohio counties, the effort to enshrine abortion rights exceeds the local goal, while a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana falls a little short.

A new document filed as part of a proposed Biden administration rule to increase privacy for patient's medical records shows Dave Yost is one of 19 attorney generals nationwide who have signed a letter, saying they should have access to that information.

Groups that back an amendment on reproductive and abortion rights filed far more than the 414,000 signatures needed to put the issue onto Ohio's November statewide ballot.

A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio.

In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, an Ohio Supreme Court action put a six-week abortion ban in place that was later lifted by another court. Today the fight is over constitutional amendments.

This week the Ohio Supreme Court might decide if we have an August special election to decide whether to make it harder to change the Ohio Constitution.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose now says his support of a plan to make it harder to change the state constitution is about fending off an abortion rights amendment.