Pro-choice advocates file paperwork for Ohio referendum on abortion

Coalition of lawyers, doctors and activists hope to put the question of abortion directly to state voters after toppling of Roe v Wade

Today, reproductive health advocates in Ohio are handing in language to the state's attorney general, looking to bring a ballot initiative on abortion to voters in November 2023.

Following the US supreme court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade last summer - which had secured a federal right to abortion - an Ohio ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy immediately came into effect. That ban was then put on hold by an Ohio judge in October 2022, restoring abortion rights in the state up to 22 weeks of pregnancy until further notice.