Articles About Abortion

• Ohio Special Election Results | Issue 1 defeated

  By YS News StaffAugust 9, 2023

  

  According to unofficial election results posted on the website of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose Wednesday morning, Aug. 9, the ballot initiative was defeated 1,744,094 votes (57.01%) to  1,315,346 (42.99%) votes.

• Tuesday, Aug. 8, Special Election | Yellow Springs polls open at 6:30 a.m.

  By YS News StaffAugust 7, 2023

  

  In a special statewide election on Tuesday, Aug. 8, Ohio voters will vote on a single ballot item: Issue 1, which aims to elevate the standards to pass and qualify for a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment for the state.

• State court blocks six-week abortion ban

  By Jessica ThomasOctober 2, 2022

  

  On Sept. 14, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas placed a 14-day restraining order on Senate Bill 23, the six-week abortion ban that outlaws abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

• The Briar Patch | The Myth of Reproductive Agency

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 20, 2022

  

  “We stand on the precipice of a time in which the reproductive rights of millions of teenage girls and women hang in the balance in the shadow of a disintegrating medical system and toxic patriarchy.”

• Abortion Rights | Locals decry leaked SCOTUS draft

  By Jessica ThomasMay 18, 2022

  

  About 30 people gathered at the corner of Limestone Street and Xenia Avenue on Saturday, May 7; the reason — abortion rights.