Abortion

More than 100 organizations — including faith groups, unions, and some conservative organizations — are pushing back on a bill that would require citizen-led constitutional amendments to have a supermajority at the ballot box.

The complaint addresses a possible misunderstanding about the abortion ban while the Ohio Senate's leader says it's time to revisit the language of the abortion law that's been on hold by a court for a month now.

State law at the time prohibited abortion after around 6 weeks. Legal experts say this kind of law leaves doctors uncertain of what's legal and can put patients in dangerous situations.

A recent study showed a dramatic decrease in the number of abortions in Ohio in August, after the state’s strict six-week abortion ban went into effect, compared to April, when it wasn’t. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story.

The non-profit said its employees in the relatively new role face challenges because of rapidly changing abortion laws in Ohio.

Jeff Crossman, Democratic candidate for Ohio Attorney General, said he disagrees with Attorney General Dave Yost, Republican incumbent running for re-election, who appealed a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court decision that put the state's abortion ban on hold.

The law, which bans abortion at the point fetal cardiac activity can be detected, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, was put on hold until October 12 but after a hearing today, the law has been blocked indefinitely.

The event featured a rally with several speakers, including the niece of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The Women's Med Center Dayton will start to do surgical and medication abortions again as early as this Friday, September 16.

Women's Med Center runs some of the only clinics in the region that provide abortions. They are set to close their Dayton and Indianapolis locations next week because of laws that restrict abortions in both states. If Women’s Med does close in Ohio and Indiana, a few staff are planning to open a new clinic in one of the closest states where abortion is legal.

The region's only clinic proving abortions might be closing. Women’s Med Center and its sister location in Indianapolis announced it will close next month if Indiana’s abortion ban starts to be enforced.

This time around, Ohio Supreme Court candidates will have political party affiliations next to their names on the ballot.