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Indiana's near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana

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Ohio voters kept it easy to pass a constitutional amendment protecting abortion − but also for the majority to someday limit other rights

Issue 1 on the Ohio ballot, which aimed to raise the threshold to change the state constitution from a simple majority – 50% of voters plus one – to 60%, got enormous national attention for a state ballot measure in an off-year special election.

The Conversation

The failed Ohio amendment reflects Republican efforts nationally to restrict direct democracy

Despite this past week’s thrashing at the polls, Republican lawmakers in Ohio have vowed to try again to pass a measure making it harder to change the state's constitution

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Montana GOP ignores voters on abortion

Montana Republicans passed a version of the anti-abortion proposal that voters rejected only months earlier

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Ohio Republicans bet voters would dilute their own power. They lost

Referendum shows concerns over abortion access remain a powerful force in American politics

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Opponents of Maine's new abortion law won't seek to nullify it through a referendum

Groups opposed to Maine's new law expanding access to abortions won’t attempt to nullify the new statute through a so-called People’s Veto referendum

The Independent UK

‘Ohio saw through the con’: abortion rights advocates celebrate Issue 1 result

While anti-abortion activists vow to ‘continue the fight’, supporters of abortion retain hope for November election

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Republicans are ignoring voters who want abortion rights

Has anybody told Republicans that their anti-abortion measures are unpopular and failing all over the country, even in red states like Ohio?

Chicago Sun-Times

Things to know about a vote in Ohio, court action in Kansas and Utah and other abortion developments

Ohio voters rejecting a measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution is one of several developments related to abortion policy in several states this week

The Independent UK

Ohio vote shows enduring power of abortion rights at ballot box, giving Democrats a path in 2024

Abortion wasn't technically on the ballot in Ohio's special election

The Independent UK

Ohio voters reject push to hinder abortion rights amendment - Roll Call

Abortion rights advocates notched a key procedural win Wednesday in a push to enshrine reproductive rights in Ohio.

Roll Call

Abortion rights advocates win major victory in Ohio as voters reject GOP plan to thwart ballot measure

Proposal making it harder to change state’s constitution fails, teeing up an upcoming vote on a ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights

The Independent UK

Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights

The measure would have required a 60% supermajority to pass future constitutional amendments. This vote sets up a fall battle over abortion rights in the GOP-leaning state.

Chicago Sun-Times

Win for reproductive rights as Ohio voters reject effort to make it harder to amend state constitution

Proposal would have made it considerably harder to amend state constitution as voters give verdict on Issue 1

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Ohio voters reject proposal that could have curbed abortion rights protection

Ohio voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to change the state’s constitution, setting up a fall campaign that will become the nation’s latest referendum on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned nationwide protections last year.

The Independent UK

Abortion rights advocates push for 2024 ballot initiative in Arizona

Abortion rights advocates plan to ask Arizona voters to create a constitutional right to abortion

The Guardian - US

Republicans in Ohio are about to vote … to curtail the power of voting

The sole question posed to voters in the special election is a direct attempt to stop the legalization of abortion through democratic means

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden links Grand Canyon national monument to fight against climate change – as it happened

US president is in Arizona where has designated about 1m acres around the Grand Canyon as a national monument

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Ohioans vote in election that could determine future of majority rule

Voters weigh in on constitutional amendment process in decision with huge consequences for abortion rights

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How many voters does it take to make a majority? Why Ohio's Issue 1 is controversial

Voters in Ohio will decide on Tuesday whether to make it harder to pass future constitutional amendments, including one on the ballot in November that would codify abortion access.

The Guardian - US

Republicans pushed a special election in Ohio – what does it mean for abortion rights?

Republicans’ Issue 1 proposal raises threshold for a change in state constitution from a simple majority to 60% of voters

The Independent UK

In Utah and Kansas, state courts flex power over new laws regulating abortion post-Roe

State courts in Utah and Kansas are planning to hear arguments Tuesday in legal challenges involving new abortion laws since the overturning of Roe v. Wade

The Independent UK

DeSantis says he would not support punishing women who avoid abortion bans

‘We will be a pro-life president and we will support pro-life policies’

The Independent UK

Proposed constitutional change before Ohio voters could determine abortion rights in the state

Ohio’s voters will decide Tuesday whether to make their state constitution harder to amend, as a highly charged special election that has direct bearing on a November ballot question over abortion rights comes to a close

The Independent UK

DeSantis won’t rule out national abortion ban but suggests there’s no ‘mileage’ left in Congress

The Florida governor pledges to be a ‘pro-life president’ after signing two anti-abortion bills into law

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