Reproductive rights: How gerrymandering impacts abortion access

Those promoting drastically redrawing district lines in Ohio see the impact of those districts in all sorts of areas from voting access to education and even in the doctor’s office for some patients.

Reproductive rights have been a hotly contested issue that has been a touchpoint in national and local campaigns since the 1970s, when Roe v. Wade prevented abortion from being outlawed.

In Ohio, members of the legislature see it as such an important issue that they joined in on briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court for a Mississippi case that could become the challenge to Roe v. Wade and change abortion rights as we know it. The legislators from Ohio who joined the brief were all Republican, and all opposed to Roe v. Wade, seeking to overturn the Supreme Court decision.

“The state legislators contend that the ruling in this case will have far-reaching consequences for legislatures across the country,” the legislators’ brief stated. “In particular, it will affect the state legislators’ ability to propose, enact and defend future abortion legislation.”

Read more: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/08/16/reproductive-rights-how-gerrymandering-impacts-abortion-access/