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November ballot item:

Ohio Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative (2023)

Ohio Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative

Election date -November 7, 2023

Topic -Abortion

Status - On the ballot
Type - Constitutional amendment

Origin -Citizens

The Ohio Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative is on the ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 7, 2023.

A “yes” vote supports amending the Ohio Constitution to:

establish a state constitutional right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” including decisions about abortion, contraception, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, and continuing pregnancy;

prohibit the state of Ohio from interfering with this constitutional right, except when the state demonstrates “that it is using the least restrictive means to advance the individual’s health in accordance with widely accepted and evidence-based standards of care;”

allow the state to restrict abortion after fetal viability, defined as “the point in a pregnancy when, in the professional judgment of the pregnant patient’s treating physician, the fetus has a significant likelihood of survival outside the uterus with reasonable measures;”

and prohibit the state of Ohio from banning abortion when, in the professional judgment of a physician, an abortion “is necessary to protect the pregnant patient’s life or health.”

A “no” vote opposes amending the Ohio Constitution to establish the constitutional right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions.”