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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The physicians’ group behind Ohio’s newly passed reproductive rights amendment is urging a prosecutor to drop criminal charges against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home. Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, a nonpartisan coalition of 4,000 doctors and others, argues in a letter to Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins that the abuse-of-corpse […]

Thursday marked the official date that the reproductive rights amendment, approved overwhelmingly by voters in November as Issue 1, took its place in the Ohio Constitution

While legal scholars say the new reproductive rights amendment is a big deal, doctors are still practicing under the old rules.

Abortion protections are now in effect in Ohio after voters enshrined that right in the state constitution. Dr. Lauren Beene, co-founder of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, tells MSNBC’s Ali Velshi about how her group helped get the ballot measure passed, saying it shows Ohioans don’t want “extremist politicians” making their healthcare decisions because when they do, “the people suffer.”

As abortion services providers look to expand on their work with the new amendment in place, old problems still abound, including the stigma around abortion as medical care.