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Hoping to follow the success Issue 1 had at the polls enshrining reproductive care in Ohio’s constitution, Democratic state representatives wasted no time in proposing legislation to repeal the six-week abortion ban and eliminate various other restrictions.
The new bill seeks to remove transfer agreements for abortion providers that require providers to have hospital privileges within a certain distance from an abortion clinic, along with the 24-hour waiting period for patients to have an abortion.
Republicans used many tricks to try and defeat the measure.
Students from several area schools participated in Cooperative Youth Day on Oct. 25 at the Ohio Statehouse as part of a program launched in 2019.
A look at the history of Ohio's House Bill 68 and the national forces behind it.