Ohio Republican lawmakers call to block courts from implementing new abortion amendment

Ohio Republican lawmakers call to block courts from implementing new abortion amendment

Several Ohio Republican lawmakers are proposing to strip the courts of authority to review cases related to the implementation of the recently passed Abortion Amendment Number 1. In a statement released Thursday, four Republican lawmakers claimed without evidence that there was “foreign election interference” in the vote to pass Question 1, and threatened to block …

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State economists struggle to put a price tag on proposed constitutional amendment on abortion

State economists struggle to put a price tag on proposed constitutional amendment on abortion

State economists appear skeptical that they will be able to put a price tag on a proposed constitutional amendment to protect abortion access by November, if the measure makes it to the 2024 ballot. The quartet of state economists, serving on the Financial Impact Estimation Conference (FIEC), said the Supreme Court was unlikely to rule …

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