COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The statewide battles over abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a constitutional right to abortion have exposed another fault line: the commitment to democracy.
"We spoke.”Gross told Jackson she wasn't ignoring voters but rather was reflecting opponents' concerns that Ohio voters were led astray.
Anti-abortion lawmakers and advocates already have pushed back in a handful of states where voters sided generally with abortion rights.
Republican state legislative leaders initially pledged that the fight to restrict abortion rights wasn't over after voters had spoken.
Florida’s Republican attorney general is attempting to keep a proposed abortion rights amendment off the 2024 ballot.
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