Press Releases

Ohio Preliminary Injunction Allows Advanced Practice Clinicians to Provide Medication Abortions

On July 8, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas granted a third preliminary injunction in a case filed on behalf of abortion clinics and health care providers
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Ohio Judge Permanently Blocks Abortion Burial or Cremation Law for Violating Reproductive Freedom Amendment

COLUMBUS- Today, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas granted our request to permanently block the enforcement of Senate Bill 27, a law that requires burial or cremation of fetal and embryonic tissue from procedural abortions.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

New Lethal Injection Bill Undercuts Reproductive Freedom Amendment and Distracts from Death Penalty Repeal, Says ACLU of Ohio

Today, Ohio lawmakers from both chambers introduced legislation that manipulatively interweaves two civil liberties issues: reproductive freedom and capital punishment.

Ohio Judge Permanently Strikes Down Six-Week Abortion Ban, Which Clearly Violates the Ohio Constitution’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment

Today, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a permanent injunction blocking Ohio’s 2019 six-week abortion ban from taking effect, marking the first permanent injunction stemming from Ohio’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment, which took effect in December 2023.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Ohio Ruling Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Unconstitutional Medication Abortion Restrictions

On August 29th, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas granted a preliminary injunction in a case filed on behalf of abortion clinics and health care providers.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom

Ohio Judge Blocks Laws Mandating 24-Hour Waiting Period for Abortions for Violating Reproductive Freedom Amendment

Today, the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas granted our request to temporarily block several Ohio laws that together forced abortion patients to wait a minimum of 24 hours after receiving unnecessary state-mandated information in person before accessing their desired abortion care.
Issue Areas: Reproductive Freedom