ACLU, Planned Parenthood challenge Ohio abortion restrictions after voter referendum
Posted on AllSides March 29th, 2024
From The Left
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood filed a legal challenge on Friday to some of Ohio’s abortion laws, now that Ohio voters have enshrined voting rights in the state’s constitution. The lawsuit filed on behalf of abortion clinics says that since Ohioans voted overwhelmingly to protect such rights in an amendment last November, it violates the constitution to require women wanting abortions to endure mandatory waiting periods and multiple in-person informational appointments. “These laws are now in clear violation of the newly amended Ohio Constitution,...
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