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The Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Choice is one of two groups that wants to put an abortion rights amendment before voters.
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The FDA's rule change will allow more pharmacies to carry the drugs, but Ohio has a law that seeks to stop exactly that.
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Groups that advocate for legal abortion have taken the first step towards a constitutional amendment by forming a ballot exploration committee
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The state's new law, which bans abortion at about six weeks into a pregnancy when fetal cardiac activity can be detected, is the reason being given for the closure.
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The Republican governor, who signed the six-week ban on abortion now in effect, said lawmakers need to clarify state laws surrounding abortion.
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The law, known as the "conscience clause," was recently passed as part of the current two-year state budget.
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Lawyers and doctors disagree on how those exemptions to abortion bans should be applied.
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Politicians who support abortion rights pointed to the case of a 10-year-old pregnant girl who was raped as an example that abortion bans are too extreme while Republicans blamed the media and abortion rights advocates for fabricating a story that turned out to be true.
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Columbus police say the 10-year-old victim went to Indiana for an abortion after Ohio's six-week abortion ban went into effect.
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The bill has eight of the more conservative members of the Ohio House on board.
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The Democratic senator sponsoring the bill said the legislation is needed now more than ever since a new Ohio law went into effect that bans abortion for most people.
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The Ohio Supreme Court denied a request from clinics that provide abortions to stop the new ban while they argue against it in court.