ACLU of Ohio Condemns Ohio House Veto Override of HB 68
This afternoon, the Ohio House voted to override Governor DeWine’s veto of HB 68, a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18.
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Governor DeWine’s Executive Order Is A De Facto Ban on Transgender Care
Following his veto of Ohio House Bill 68, a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender people under 18, Governor Mike DeWine issued an executive order and proposed restrictions on care for transgender people that, in practice. The ACLU and the ACLU of Ohio condemned the proposal.
Voting Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Ohio HB 458 for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act
The League of Women Voters of Ohio and voter Jennifer Kucera filed a federal lawsuit today challenging a provision in House Bill 458 that impacts how voters who have disabilities can cast absentee ballots.
Ohio Abortion Providers File Amended Complaint in Challenge to Six-Week Ban With Issue 1 Language Now Secured in Ohio Constitution
Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the law firm WilmerHale filed an amended complaint in their lawsuit challenging the six-week abortion ban, in light of Issue 1’s passage.
Ohioans Vote to Protect Reproductive Freedom in the Ohio State Constitution
Today, Ohioans voted overwhelmingly to enshrine reproductive freedom in the state constitution by passing The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety amendment.
Voting Rights Groups Challenge Sixth Set of General Assembly Maps Passed Over a Year Following Initial Deadline
Today the ACLU of Ohio, the American Civil Liberties Union and Covington & Burling LLP filed objections to the recent iteration of state House and Senate districts adopted unanimously by all members of the Ohio Redistricting Commission on September 26.