Ohio Supreme Court rejects legal challenge, clears path for November abortion rights vote

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer

Ohio Supreme Court rejects legal challenge, clears path for November abortion rights vote

Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer
Fri, August 11, 2023 at 3:20 PM EDT·2 min read

The Ohio Supreme Court cleared the path for a November vote on abortion access by rejecting a legal challenge to backers' petitions.

In a unanimous decision, the Ohio Supreme Court denied a lawsuit filed by several Republicans to boot the measure from the Nov. 7 ballot. The GOP politicos had argued that abortion rights activists failed to include on their petitions the language of state abortion laws that would be repealed if the constitutional amendment passed.

The legal challenge was filed days after abortion rights proponents cleared the signature requirement to appear on the fall ballot.

Attorneys for the abortion rights measure agreed that their petitions did not spell out which state abortion policies would be eliminated. However, they contended the Republicans' arguments weren't relevant, and the requirement to include those laws was unconstitutional.

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