Ohio voted for abortion rights. Now some lawmakers want to take them away

Ohio voted for abortion rights. Now some lawmakers want to take them away

You might have thought that abortion rights were safe in Ohio after the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment to the Ohio Constitution was passed by 57% of the vote in 2023. But think again. In mid-June, two southwestern Ohio representatives — Rep. Levi Dean, R-Xenia and Rep. Jonathan Newman, R-Troy — introduced House Bill 370, the Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act. intent is to “entirely abolish abortion in this state.”  The bill’s numerous cosp…