In a 2-1 decision, a federal three-judge panel announced that it would not intervene in the legislative redistricting process until at least May 28.
An Ohio judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking the premature enforcement of Senate Bill 157, a law that would allow the Department of Health to revoke ambulatory surgical licenses and threatens to shut down procedural abortion services in Southwest Ohio.
Objections were filed to the fourth iteration of state House and Senate districts adopted by four members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission.
The motion is requesting that a contempt hearing, which was previously postponed, be promptly conducted against four members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission, following their refusal to follow the Court orders for enacting a new legislative map
Despite our four victories in the Ohio Supreme Court striking down gerrymandered maps, nobody is happy with where we find ourselves today.
We have all witnessed the ramifications of bills and laws like these. Books removed from libraries, teachers frightened to even mention numerous topics, and students deprived of an adequate and well-rounded education. Passage of HB 327 would bring all of this and more to Ohio.