Abortion

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Joseph D. Russo died over the weekend at the age of 59; Ohioans can begin signing up today for the state’s new Vax-to-College program that will give out a total of $2 million in prizes; a bellwether opioid trial is set to start today in federal court in Cleveland; and more stories.

The bill would make abortion illegal in Ohio, if and when the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.

The bill would require abortion clinics to give information about how to possibly reverse medication-induced abortions.

The two-year $75 billion state budget now awaits Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature before the fiscal year expires Wednesday.

A Hamilton County court has stopped the law from going into effect so both sides could argue it.

A sharply divided U.S. District Appeals Court narrowly ruled this week that it could go forward.

Kent State University and the University of Akron are among schools calling off J&J shot clinics; House Republicans have proposed a 2% personal income tax cut in their version of the state budget, and other stories.

For the second time in a week, a new Ohio abortion law has been put on hold. This one affects the use of telemedicine in abortions.

A state law that bans the use of telemedicine in medication abortions is set to go into effect on April 12th.

Abortion clinics that wanted a temporary restraining order against the state over a new law didn’t get it. But they will get another court hearing soon.