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Ohio’s Reproductive Health Battle Rages On — Here is What You Must Know
Quietly, yet effectively, the pro-choice movement in Ohio is taking care of business, completing the necessary filings to ensure the issue is on the ballot. Here is how you can get on board.
3 min readMar 26, 2023
Reproductive health has always been a contentious issue in Ohio, with lawmakers and activists on both sides of the argument engaging in a protracted battle.
Over the years, Ohio has passed several laws restricting reproductive health, and these laws have been met with fierce resistance from advocates of reproductive rights.
Abortion Laws in Ohio
Ohio has some of the strictest abortion laws in the country.
In 2019, Ohio passed the “Heartbeat Bill,” which bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. This law is one of the most restrictive in the nation and has been challenged in…
