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GOP Lawsuit Asks Ohio Supreme Court to Block Abortion Rights Measure
“Anti-choice extremists know they can’t win at the ballot box, so they have resorted to dirty tricks,” an advocate said.
Local Governments Are Blocking Ballot Initiatives at the Behest of Corporations
We must see the government-corporate alliance for what it is and take bold action to put an end to the charade.
Ohio Voters Will Decide Whether Norfolk Southern Can Buy Publicly Owned Railroad
The company behind the train derailment in East Palestine wants to buy the only municipally owned railroad in the U.S.
Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Ohio Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Initiative
Residents in the Buckeye State will vote on the abortion rights amendment in the general election this fall.
GOP Planned to Destroy Public Education in Ohio. We Defeated Them — for Now.
SB 83 is part of a larger right-wing goal seeking to muzzle any and all education about structural oppression.
TV Ad in Ohio Tries to Scare Voters With Drag Queens to Thwart Abortion Rights
“Transphobia is a threat to democracy,” says communications strategist at the ACLU.
Ohio GOP Is Trying to Raise Ballot Initiative Threshold to Block Abortion
Republicans have admitted the measure is intended to thwart an abortion rights initiative in the fall general election.
More Than 700K Ohioans Sign Ballot Initiative to Protect Abortion Rights
If passed, the initiative would undo a trigger law that restricts abortions after around six weeks.
Ohio Republicans Are Trying to Take Power From Voters. We Won’t Let Them.
We must be as dogged about protecting our democracy as authoritarian forces are about decimating it.
New Ohio Gender-Affirming Care Ban Requires Erroneous Mental Health Screening
This provision ignores scientific consensus that conditions like depression don't “cause” someone to be trans.