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The discussions to change the rules come as advocates begin to collect signatures on a proposed amendment for the November ballot that would expand abortion

Ohio Senate president eyes August for proposal to raise threshold for voters to pass constitutional amendments.

The campaign to collect the 413,000 signatures to place an item on the November ballot calling for the state constitution to protect abortion rights is

Abortion is one step closer to appearing on Ohioans’ ballots in November.

The proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution cleared the Ohio Ballot Board Monday after the five-member board certified that the proposal was one issue rather

The women, backed by an abortion-rights group, say they were denied abortions under state law despite risks to themselves and their fetuses that made the

As the Ohio General Assembly works its way toward abolishing all access to safe abortions in this state, it also works its way toward destabilizing

Fertility advancements are helping people conceive well beyond 45 — what happens when they need abortions?

Coalition of lawyers, doctors and activists hope to put the question of abortion directly to state voters after toppling of Roe v Wade.

A reproductive rights coalition hopes to repeat the success of similar measures that passed in multiple US states last fall.

Two groups advocating for abortion rights submitted fall ballot language Tuesday for a constitutional amendment guaranteeing Ohioans’ access to abortion, an effort that opponents have

On Tuesday, Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom and Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights finished the first step in getting abortion on the ballot.

Amendment would include a right for every individual “to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.”

Abortion rights groups preparing to put a constitutional amendment on the Ohio ballot released the proposed language Tuesday, the same day they sent it to

Groups aiming to change the Ohio Constitution to ensure access to abortion have joined together with plans to file language.

“The sheer amount of money poured into the anti-abortion movement…we’re now seeing it mainstreamed on some level,” an abortion rights activist told Jezebel.

Groups could file ballot language as early as next week.

In all six ballot measures last year, abortion rights have won. Now it’s the Buckeye state’s turn to weigh in.

The Nov. 7 ballot this fall must include a citizen-initiated referendum to amend our state constitution so that it ensures sensible and equitable reproductive rights for

“Simply put, they see the urgent need for action because they know the terrible price of inaction for pregnant and child-bearing Ohioans of all ages.”

A couple’s unborn baby was diagnosed with deadly condition but Ohio’s laws made abortion nearly impossible

One group plans to file language for a ballot issue this month and start collecting signatures to put abortion issue before voters in November.

Linda Prine, a physician and co-founder of the Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline, describes the new realities for patients in states where the procedure is banned.

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, it promised to “return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

In North Carolina, GOP leaders say socially conservative Democrats could hold the key to a six-week ban.

Republican lawmakers failed to approve a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution before a key deadline last week.

A study done by legal and academic researchers found that implementation of abortion regulations in Ohio “have become exceedingly difficult to comply with.”

The Republican National Committee passed a resolution calling for more attacks on reproductive rights.

It’s important to counter medical misinformation related to early pregnancy.

Despite all the headlines about the procedure, many Americans do not know basic facts about abortions or who gets them. Take the NPR quiz.

A Hamilton County judge’s decision to block enforcement of a state law that “largely bans abortion access in Ohio” will stand, for now, an appeals court said in an opinion released Friday.

Weeks after her miscarriage was confirmed, Christina Zielke started bleeding heavily while on a trip out of town. At an ER in Ohio, she was given tests but no treatment, and discharged soon after, still bleeding. She says she was told the hospital needed proof there was no fetal development.

Weeks after her miscarriage was confirmed, Christina Zielke started bleeding heavily while on a trip out of town. At an ER in Ohio, she was given tests but no treatment, and discharged soon after, still bleeding. She says she was told the hospital needed proof there was no fetal development.

More than a thousand people gathered at Market Square in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon, October 2, 2021, to protest laws aimed at women’s reproductive rights, particularly the recent abortion law that was passed in Texas. The march was similar to other marches taking place around the United States in more than 500 cities.

Justin and Tara still want to have a family, but Ohio’s changing laws make them “nervous” and “unsure” because they “have no idea what the laws [will] look like,” Tara said. “[We’re] just trying to hope that something changes for the better so that we can stay here.”

Documents describe dozens of painful situations under Ohio abortion restrictions. At least two more minors made pregnant by sexual assault were forced to leave Ohio to avoid having their rapists’ babies, according to sworn affidavits filed by abortion providers.

The case of a 10-year-old girl who had to travel from her home in Ohio to Indiana to receive an abortion after being raped has become national news—and a major political issue following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.