Issue 1

A lawsuit has been filed in a Franklin County Court, asking it to strike down a state law that requires a 24 hour waiting period before a person in Ohio can get an abortion.

Passage of an amendment to enshrine abortion rights into the Ohio Constitution capped off a year of legislative turmoil over state policies on reproductive rights.

Over the three years it took supporters of recreational marijuana legalization to get their initiated statute passed as this fall's Issue 2, they only spent about a tenth of what the abortion fight cost.

Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts, 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant, began passing thick blood clots.

Republican Attorney General Dave Yost admitted in his brief in the Ohio Supreme Court case that Issue 1 makes the ban on abortion after six weeks illegal, but also said that shouldn’t end the case.

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.

The Republican elections chief and 2024 U.S. Senate candidate revealed having help with the wording while speaking at a Nov. 17 candidate forum hosted by the local Republican club Strongsville GOP.

Republican Attorney General Dave Yost, who was outspoken against Issue 1, is likely to argue in court that the abortion rights amendment passed in Issue 1 invalidates the ban on abortion after six weeks.

As Ohio's Supreme Court asks the parties in a lawsuit over the six-week abortion ban how it’s affected by the newly passed amendment, the head of Ohio Right to Life said he thinks Issue 1 makes the ban unconstitutional.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) says he doesn't think it is a good idea to put another abortion issue before Ohio voters next year, and he doesn't think it's necessary to pass policy changes because of the passage of the November amendment either.