Issue
Ohioans settled abortion rights at the ballot in 2023. The fight over what that means is far from over.
In 2023 Ohio voters wrote reproductive freedom into the state constitution. Since then the contest has moved from the ballot to the statehouse, the courts, and the clinics — a slower fight over what a settled right actually looks like in practice.
Stories
Mike DeWine signed Ohio's six-week abortion ban in 2019. Four years later the electorate wrote a right into the constitution that nullified it. The distance between those two facts is the story.
04 July 2026
Months before the abortion amendment, Ohio held an August special election to raise the bar for passing amendments at all. Voters saw the timing and said no.
04 July 2026