IVF is on the Ballot in Ohio’s Supreme Court Race
March 1, 2024
Columbus, OH – An Alabama Supreme Court ruling pausing IVF treatments reminds Ohioans that IVF and reproductive rights are once again on the ballot in 2024. The Ohio Supreme Court will likely oversee cases involving the implementation of Issue 1, including GOP Attorney General Dave Yost’s argument that portions of Republicans’ extreme six-week abortion ban remain constitutional. Republicans in the state legislature have also introduced so-called ‘personhood’ bills, which threaten IVF and other fertility treatments used by Ohio families.
“Ohio Republicans aren’t being subtle. Despite overwhelming support for reproductive rights in Ohio, GOP politicians have shown time and again that they’re going to continue to push for abortion bans and attacks on reproductive freedom. And one of the most effective ways to stop their war on women is to flip the Ohio Supreme Court this November,” said Matt Keyes, spokesperson for the Ohio Democratic Party.
Ohio is the only state in the nation with the opportunity to flip its Supreme Court this year, as the Court is set to take up key issues in the months and years ahead, including abortion rights, gerrymandering and voting rights.
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