Press Releases

Voting Rights Groups, Again, Submit Expert-Created Legislative Maps to Ohio Redistricting Commission for Consideration

Two groups of petitioners who successfully sued twice and had the previous commission plans struck down, submitted a constitutionally-compliant legislative plan to the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

Ohio Supreme Court Deals Second Blow to Gerrymandered Legislative Maps, Again Demands Redistricting Commission Comply with Constitution

In a 4-3 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court majority struck down the revised Ohio House and Senate maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders, and ordered the Ohio Redistricting Commission to begin the process for a third time, and to comply with the requirements of the Ohio Constitution.

Ohio Judge Blocks Enforcement of Fetal Tissue Disposal Law For a Second Time, Preserving Abortion Access

An Ohio judge granted a second preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Senate Bill 27, a law that requires embryonic and fetal tissue from procedural abortions be cremated or interred.

Voting Rights Groups Challenge Newly Redrawn State Legislative Maps; Take Redistricting Commission Back to Ohio Supreme Court

The ACLU of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Covington & Burling LLP filed objections to the revised state House and Senate maps adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission.

Voting Rights Groups Submit Independent, Expert-Reviewed, Legislative Maps to Ohio Redistricting Commission

Yesterday afternoon, petitioners submitted a set of constitutionally-compliant legislative maps to the Ohio Redistricting Commission, which is under court order to redraw the state House and Senate district maps.

VICTORY: Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Ohio's Gerrymandered Legislative Maps; Redistricting Commission Must Go Back to Drawing Board

The Supreme Court of Ohio issued a 4-3 ruling in three lawsuits challenging Ohio's maps for state House and Senate districts, ordering the Republican-controlled Redistricting Commission to draw a new map that complies with the Ohio Constitution.

Reproductive Rights Groups Ask Court to Keep Harmful Fetal Tissue Disposal Law from Being Enforced

We filed papers seeking a second preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing Senate Bill 27 - a law that requires all embryonic and fetal tissue from a procedural abortion be cremated or interred, imposing severe burdens on patients and stigmatizing abortion even further.