Republican lawmakers push bill to ban, criminalize most abortions in Ohio

Ohio's pro-abortion rights groups plan fights against total abortion ban bill

Pro-abortion rights advocates are taking a new total abortion ban to heart, especially as Ohio celebrates Juneteenth and Black emancipation in the United States.

Ohio Republicans Seek To Criminalize Abortion in Defiance of State Constitution

The sponsors hope their bill will trigger a challenge to Ohio’s protection of the practice under the U.S. Constitution

Ohio Republicans Introduce 'Prenatal Equal Protection Act' to Abolish Abortion in the State

Ohio State Representatives Levi Dean and Johnathan Newman have filed a bill to abolish abortion in the state by granting pre-born babies equal protection under the law. The Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act, House Bill 370, points to the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states “no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws’ to protect the life of preborn p…

Ohio GOP Ignores Voters, Introduces Bill to Ban Abortion, Criminalize Abortion Seekers

In 2023, 57% of Ohioans voted to protect abortion access after Roe v. Wade was overturned. But, as we’ve recently seen in Missouri, GOP lawmakers don’t really care what their constituents want. On Wednesday, Ohio Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban abortion entirely, with zero exceptions for rape and incest, and establish fetal personhood, while also branding abortion-seekers as committing “homicide.” (Abortion is currently all…

Republican lawmakers push bill to ban, criminalize most abortions in Ohio

Ohio Republicans are introducing a bill that could criminalize abortion in the state, despite Ohio voters passing a constitutional amendment that protects access to abortion.

Ohio Republicans are planning to introduce a bill to ban all...

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/17/republican-lawmakers-in-ohio-to-propose-total-abortion-and-ivf-ban/ Ohio Republican lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill that would completely ban and criminalize abortion, IVF and some forms of contraception. Anti-abortion advocate Austin Beigel, who works for End Abortion Ohio, told WEWS/OCJ exclusively that new legislation is about to be introduced to overturn the state's 2023 …