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Ahead of abortion vote, Ohio Supreme Court has ordered a rewrite of some misleading ballot language
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A wildly divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday that only one element of the disputed ballot language for describing a closely watched fall abortion rights question is misleading and must be rewritten. The decision lets stand most of the word choices...
In Kentucky governor's race, Democrat presses the case on GOP challenger's abortion stance
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's debate over abortion access intensified Wednesday as the Democratic governor pounded away at his rival's longstanding support for the state's existing abortion ban shortly after Republican challenger Daniel Cameron had signaled new willingness to accept...
Virginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Russet Perry has knocked on thousands of doors in a swing district outside the nation's capital as she campaigns for a seat that could decide control of the Virginia state Senate in November. The issue that comes up the most — particularly among women and even from...
Republican gubernatorial candidate in Kentucky appears to soften his hardline opposition to abortion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron appeared to soften his hardline opposition to abortion on Monday, telling a Kentucky radio station that he would support amending the state's abortion ban to add exceptions allowing for the termination of pregnancies caused by...
Editorial Roundup: Missouri
Kansas City Star. September 7, 2023. Editorial: Missouri finally banned texting and driving. That’s not the only deadly tech in cars Missouri lawmakers took an important step toward safer streets and highways by passing the Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law, finally...
Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates asked a judge on Monday to rewrite what they call misleading descriptions of several constitutional amendments on abortion that voters could see on Missouri’s 2024 ballot. Missouri is among several states, including Ohio, where...
Latin America women's rights groups say their abortion win in Mexico may hold the key to US struggle
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Women's rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries. But after a historic Mexican Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing...
Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion...
An Ohio ballot measure seeks to protect abortion access. Opponents' messaging is on parental rights
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio's fall ballot to ensure abortion rights seems straightforward: It would enshrine the right “to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions.” Yet as the campaigning for and against the...
Ohio votes on abortion rights this fall. Misinformation about the proposal is already spreading
An effort to guarantee access to abortion rights in Ohio, a November ballot measure, is already fueling misleading claims about how it could influence abortion care, gender-related health care and parental consent in the state. The proposed constitutional amendment would give Ohioans...
