Richard Michael DeWine is an American politician and attorney serving since 2019 as the 70th governor of Ohio. He served as the 50th Attorney General of Ohio from 2011 to 2019,and in both houses of Congress:in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991 and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Teresa Fedor is an American politician from Ohio. She was a member of the Ohio Senate,representing the 11th district from 2019 until her resignation in 2022. A member of the Ohio General Assembly since 2001,Fedor previously represented the same seat in the Senate from 2003 to 2010,and was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives for five nonconsecutive terms,serving from 2001 to 2002,and again from 2011 to 2018. A Democrat,Fedor represented Toledo and the surrounding areas.
Theodore Edward Rokita is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 44th and current Attorney General of Indiana. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served two terms as Secretary of State of Indiana from 2002 to 2010. When Rokita was elected to office in 2002 at age 32,he became the youngest secretary of state in the United States at the time.
The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly depending on the laws of each state or other jurisdiction. Some states prohibit abortion at all stages of pregnancy with few exceptions,others permit it up to a certain point in a woman's pregnancy,while others allow abortion throughout a woman's pregnancy. In states where abortion is legal,several classes of restrictions on the procedure may exist,such as parental consent or notification laws,requirements that patients be shown an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion,mandatory waiting periods,and counseling requirements.
John Patrick Carney is an American attorney and former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 22nd District from 2009 to 2014. In September 2013,Carney announced his intention to run for Auditor of the State of Ohio in the 2014 election,he lost the general election on November 4 to incumbent Dave Yost.
Frank LaRose is an American politician who has served as the 51st Secretary of State of Ohio since January 2019. He was a Republican member of the Ohio State Senate for two terms,from January 2011 to January 2019. He was a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 2024 election,challenging incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown. He lost to Bernie Moreno in the primary.
A six-week abortion ban,also called a "fetal heartbeat bill" by proponents,is a law in the United States which makes abortion illegal as early as six weeks gestational age,which is when proponents claim that a "fetal heartbeat" can be detected. Medical and reproductive health experts,including the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,say that the reference to a fetal heartbeat is medically inaccurate and misleading because a conceptus is not called a fetus until eight weeks after fertilization,as well as that at four weeks after fertilization,the embryo has no heart,only a group of cells which will become a heart. Medical professionals advise that a true fetal heartbeat cannot be detected until around 17 to 20 weeks of gestation when the chambers of the heart have become sufficiently developed.
Jason Stuart Miyares is an American attorney and politician serving as the 48th Attorney General of Virginia since 2022. A Republican,he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2015,from the 82nd district in northeastern Virginia Beach,and served three terms from 2016 to 2022. He was elected Attorney General of Virginia in 2021. The son of a refugee,he is the first Hispanic elected statewide in Virginia.
The Ohio general elections,2018,were held on November 6,2018,throughout Ohio.
The 2024 United States elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday,November 5,2024. During this presidential election year,the president and vice president will be elected. In addition,all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested to determine the membership of the 119th United States Congress. Thirteen state and territorial governorships and numerous other state and local elections will also be contested.
A special election for Ohio's 12th congressional district was held August 7,2018,following the resignation of Republican U.S. Representative Pat Tiberi. The Republican Party nominated State Senator Troy Balderson for the seat while the Democratic Party nominated Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor. Balderson led O'Connor in preliminary results;however,the race was not officially called on election night. Counting of outstanding ballots began on August 18 and was completed on August 24. The outstanding ballots did not change the margin enough to trigger an automatic recount,so Balderson was declared the winner on August 24.
Abortion in Ohio is legal up to the point of fetal viability. A six week ban enacted prior to the passage of November 2023 Ohio Issue 1 is being challenged in court following abortion rights being placed into the Ohio State Constitution. In November 2023,a constitutional amendment was approved by a majority of voters that enshrined access to abortion in the Ohio Constitution. Despite the constitutional amendment,the Republican leaders of Ohio have defended the six-week abortion ban in courts.
The 2018 Ohio Attorney General election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the attorney general of Ohio.
The 2022 Ohio general elections took place on November 8,2022,throughout the US state of Ohio.
On June 30,2022,a ten-year-old girl from Columbus,Ohio,United States,traveled to Indiana to get an abortion because abortion law in Ohio did not provide an exception for minor children who became pregnant because of rape. Her case drew national attention and commentary from public figures,due in part to its proximity to the June 24,2022,decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization,which overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states,including Ohio,to impose substantial limitations on abortion.
Andrew Bailey is an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he has served as Missouri Attorney General since appointment by Governor Mike Parson in January 2023.
Elliot Forhan is an attorney and non-profit executive who has served in the Ohio House of Representatives since 2023. He represents the 21st district in Cuyahoga County.
A special election was held in the U.S. state of Ohio on August 8,2023,on a referendum to make it substantially harder for voter-led initiatives to amend the Ohio State Constitution to be proposed and approved.
The 2023 Ohio reproductive rights initiative,officially titled "The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety",and listed on the ballot as Issue 1,was a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment that was adopted on November 7,2023,by a majority of 56.8% of voters. It codified reproductive rights in the Ohio Constitution,including contraception,fertility treatment,whether to continue one's own pregnancy,and miscarriage care,restoring Roe v. Wade-era access in Ohio and protecting "the right to abortion up to the point of fetal viability" while permitting restrictions after.
Since December 2023,there has been widespread swatting of prominent figures in American politics,as well as bomb scares and other violent threats made against government buildings. The series of swattings extended into January 2024. As of December 2023,the motivations,and whether they are the product of one or multiple individuals,are unknown.
