Ohioans voted to protect abortion access in 2023. Now, Republicans are pitching multiple ways to test the limits of that constitutional amendment.
More than two years after their victory, abortion rights advocates are fighting an onslaught of proposed legislation to restrict access to medication abortion, delay abortion procedures and track pregnancies.
"It's clear that they have not accepted the will of the voters," said Kellie Copeland, executive director of Abortion Forward, which advocated for the amendment, which passed with 57% of the vote. "They are doing everything they can to engage in a multi-prong attack on the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment."
Opponents of abortion say the 2023 constitutional amendment didn't give patients unfettered access to the abortion pill or procedure.
"There is a false assertion out there that the amendment is a blanket prohibition for any pro-life laws being introduced, passed and signed by the governor," said Mike Gonidakis, chairman of the...
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