Reproductive rights have been recorded in the OHIO Constitution since 2023.
“It is gloomy and I think that in many ways these are fights with which we have already fought, but we also see new and more terrifying things,” said Jordyn Close, deputy director of the Women’s Alliance Ohio.
In Ohio, anti -abortion activists are looking for republican legislators who will introduce an act on equal protection of Ohio, which would try to refrigerate the reproduction rights adopted by 57% of voters in Ohio in 2023 amendment in the US constitution, argument legal experts routinely criticized.
Meanwhile, with the dawn of Trump’s administration last month, national anti -abortion agents began to seem almost immediately. A week of his inauguration, one of many executive orders, signed by President Donald Trump was aimed at enforcing Hyde amendmentswhich prohibits the apply of federal funds for abortion services. This order also ignited two executive orders from the time of biden, which are to boost access to abortion services.
Trump also restored . Politics in MexicoReagan’s order to prohibit foreign non -governmental organizations that receive federal funds for family planning from offering abortion as one option for families and from a link to services related to abortion or consulting.
Even earlier in his up-to-date semester Trump used pardon force I spend almost two dozens of people who were convicted of federal allegations for blocking access to abortion clinics. He also gave a video speech on this year March for Life Rally in DCThe vice president of the JD Vance rally, former Senator Ohio, participated in person.
But one of the first things that the Americans noticed when the administration changed their hands was the elimination of websites, including A website that provided information on reproductive health resources.
“In general, it is so devastating that it was removed, because disinformation and stigma are actually the reason why we are in this situation with access to abortion,” said Lexis Dotson-Dufault, executive director of Aborter Fund Ohio.
Dotson-Dufault said that her organization, which is not a clinic, but a service and resource service, was served by 6,100 people in 2024. The need is still growing depending on the service numbers, which was less than 1000 demands in 2021.
“Abortion funds exist because administrations long before Trump did not serve our communities in the best possible way,” said Dotson-Dufault. “That is why we say that Roe (v. Wade) was never enough, because if Roe was enough, we would not need abortion funds that serve thousands of people.”
Due to the clear supporters of the danger of perceiving information on services regarding reproductive rights, conversations in the community become an even larger part of abortion funds.
“Our communities must know this, it must be common information,” said Dotson-Dufault. “It’s really something free that people can do is sharing pro -abortion, accurate medical information.”
For Close and Ohio Women’s Alliance, passing these resources to the audience also means the priorities “investing in well -being in all our programs this year.”
They said that this includes focusing on the black community, for which the number of state mortality and mother was among the worst in the country.
“We try to really satisfy the need, full of what reproductive experience for the average black birth is, whether abortion or other reproductive care,” said Close.
Supporters are still determined about the power of the constitutional amendment in Ohio.
“The inhabitants of Ohio explained what they want,” said Close. “Regardless of whether (legislators) they try to continue to be a small democracy that remained in this state, I think that no matter what happens, we have an amazing legal team and we support Ohioan.”
Doctors speak
In January, the US Congress controlled by the Republicans did not waste time Calling bills related to abortionone in the Senate that was aimed at creating Healthcare penalties who do not care about the fetus after an abortion. The regulations are already in force to criminalize the killing of a child or an adult under federal law.
. Senate Bill It was introduced on January 15 and had 46 co -refers, including a republican sleep. Bernie Moreno.
Democrats successfully stopped the progress in the Senate Act. The sponsors needed at least 60 senators to approve it, but he was defeated in 52-47 procedural voting, without democratic voices in favor.
But bills such as these and anti -abortion sentiments publicly expressed by federal and state republicans led some state medical specialists to speak in their own way.
Dr. Lauren Bee, founder of the Ohio Physicians for reproductive rights – who supported the efforts to change the Ohio constitution in order to take into account reproductive rights, including abortion care – said that her group is working on “Trainings Advocacy” to support doctors to support doctors, up.
“We are trying to strengthen the position of doctors, help them understand how they can talk about reproductive rights,” said Beee Capital Journal. “I think many doctors are unaware of their voice.”
Doctors were awarded in the fight for amendment to reproductive rights after bans of abortion and various regulations related to abortion services (including the care of miscarriage) caused the doctors to question their own power to advise their patients. They wondered if they would have legal problems to satisfy the medical oaths.
Trainings, and the trainings that were part to support doctors recognize resources and where to send patients, as well as cooperation with larger institutions, such as hospital systems and medical societies to make sure that the correct information is delivered to the audience.
“I think there is so many disinformation now, and doctors have the ability to fight by clearly explaining facts and science,” said Bee.
Uncertainty is still a problem, otherwise the doctors were in contact.
“You can throw the ankle and be surprised by what will happen today,” she said.
“This specific year is a terrifying time in which we live, and I think that the more we can do to prepare and allow doctors to continue talking to anyone, the more we encourage us, I think that the better the things,” Beee said.
In legislative traffic separate from the US Senate Act, a House solution in the USA The introduction of “equal protection” pursuant to the 14th amendment “for the right to the life of every born and human birth” was introduced on January 24 and has 69 consponsors, including Republican representatives of Ohio. Warren Davidson AND David Taylor.
This is national legislation that tries the same argument that anti -abortion activists want to see with the regulations in Ohio.
The Act on the United States Chamber is still lively, addressed to the Committee of the Chamber of Judiciary the same day on which it was introduced. The chairman of this chamber committee is the Republican representative of the American. Jim Jordan.
These movements at federal level are not necessarily a surprise for supporters of reproductive rights, spending years in Ohio under the General Assembly and Governor, who were controlled by Republicans, who were die -hard in their positions against abortion.
Supporters were also surprised to see the main officer of law enforcement agencies, prosecutor general Dave Yost, IS appeal against a court decision This repealed a six -week ban on abortion, although Yost said that his dismissal claims that other provisions related to abortion or not may be withdrawn by a constitutional amendment.
“We must remember about the power we have, and that these systems did not serve us well in the past,” said Dotson-Dufault.
Despite the “cascades of terrible, terrifying headers” in the last month, Close said that the attack allowed up-to-date people to go to activism.
“I know that our communities are now afraid, but I also know that many people are engaged in the way they haven’t been before,” said Close. “I hope that their rage, sadness and fear spill out and create a stronger community that can fight these injustices.”
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