Press Releases

Ohio Judge Blocks Premature Enforcement of Senate Bill 157 for Second Time, Preserving Procedural Abortion Access in Southwest Ohio

An Ohio judge granted a preliminary injunction 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.

Voting Rights Groups Challenge Fourth Set of General Assembly Maps Which Are Virtually Identical To Those Already Rejected as Unconstitutional Partisan Gerrymanders

Objections were filed to the fourth iteration of state House and Senate districts adopted by four members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

Voting Rights Groups Ask Ohio Supreme Court to Hold Contempt Hearing after ‘Bait and Switch’ Ploy by Four Republican Commissioners In Adopting Gerrymandered Legislative Map

The motion is requesting that a contempt hearing, which was previously postponed, be promptly conducted against four members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, following their refusal to follow the Court orders for enacting a new legislative map

ACLU of Ohio and League of Women Voters Ohio Issue Follow-Up Statement on Congressional Redistricting Lawsuit

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

ACLU of Ohio Further Urges Abandonment of HB 327 in Light of Sponsor Fowler Arthur’s Reprehensible Remarks About the Holocaust

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.
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Voting Rights Groups File New Complaint with Ohio Supreme Court on Ohio’s Congressional Map Plan

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

Voting Rights Groups File Opposition to Emergency Motion in Federal Lawsuit that Seeks to Bypass Ohio Supreme Court and Institute Gerrymandered Legislative Maps

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 Challenge Ohio’s Congressional Map Citing Two Specific Defects in Newly Filed ‘Motion to Enforce’

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.

Ohio Judge Blocks Premature Enforcement of Senate Bill 157, Preserving Procedural Abortion Access in Southwest Ohio

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.