Ohio

“On Tuesday, Ohioans voted 57 to 43 percent in favor of adding a sweeping right to abortion to their state constitution.” - N.Review

Included in Ohio’s new budget: “a medical practitioner, health care institution, or health care payer has the freedom to decline to perform, participate in, or pay for any health care service which violates the practitioner’s, institution’s, or payer’s conscience as informed by the moral, ethical, or religious beliefs or principles held by the practitioner, institution, or payer.” -

“House Bill 36, the “Ohio Pastor Protection Act,” bars any penalty directed at ministers or ‘religious societies’ for refusing to perform or host a marriage ceremony that conflicts with their religious beliefs. But is it necessary?” - BJCRL

“A controversial abortion bill known as the ‘heartbeat bill’ passed through the Ohio House of Representatives Thursday with a vote of 58-35.” - Jurist

“After a months-long investigation by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine revealed that Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in that state were dumping aborted babies in landfills, a state lawmaker is now pushing to have those children’s remains buried or cremated.” CPost