Despite our four victories in the Ohio Supreme Court striking down gerrymandered maps, nobody is happy with where we find ourselves today.

We have all witnessed the ramifications of bills and laws like these. Books removed from libraries, teachers frightened to even mention numerous topics, and students deprived of an adequate and well-rounded education. Passage of HB 327 would bring all of this and more to Ohio.

The plaintiffs charge that the Revised Plan violates Section 3 of Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution in two material ways.

The voting rights groups now request that the Court continue to stay all federal proceedings, because it is still premature to take this matter of legislative redistricting away from the Ohio Supreme Court.

Voting rights groups filed a motion to enforce with the Ohio Supreme Court, requesting that the Ohio Redistricting Commission and/or the Ohio General Assembly, enact a new Congressional map that brings Districts 1 and 15 into compliance with Article XIX of the Ohio Constitution.

An Ohio judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking the premature enforcement of Senate Bill 157, a law that would allow the Department of Health to revoke ambulatory surgical licenses and threatens to shut down procedural abortion services in Southwest Ohio.

Reproductive rights groups file a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 157, recently passed legislation that would allow the Department of Health to revoke ambulatory surgical licenses and threatens to shut down procedural abortion services in Southwest Ohio.

Voting rights groups filed a motion for stay in a federal lawsuit filed on Friday morning, Michael Gonidakis v. Ohio Redistricting Commission. The voting rights groups request that the Court stay this case pending the Commission’s map drawing and all proceedings before the Ohio Supreme Court.

The League of Women Voters of Ohio petitioners submitted a constitutionally-compliant congressional plan to the Ohio Redistricting Commission, and written testimony explaining the methods used in creating this map was submitted today by Freda Levenson, counsel for the petitioners.