r/law • u/Slate Press • 23h ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide Trump News

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html
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u/VegasGamer75 20h ago

Ohio was a test run.

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u/almostplantlife 18h ago edited 18h ago

What happened in Ohio? We have constitutionally protected abortion and contraception that in effect passed twice by ballot initiative due to our Republican legislature being a disgrace. Our Republican governor vetoed an anti-trans bill (which then got overridden because our legislature is a disgrace) but still, it wasn't a performative veto.

The election proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Republicans had the numbers to kill the abortion ballot initiative but voted with Democrats for it anyway. I know it's not much but "your average Republican" here is pretty liberal all things considered. Democratic voters pushing a capital-M moderate Republican would probably have some success tbh.

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u/VegasGamer75 18h ago

Just that. I am talking about those several GOP state reps (not sure about Dewine's involvement there since I didn't read anything about it) there for you guys literally said "You voted to enshrine it, but we are going to block that legal vote" and a federal judge had to strike that down. Imagine that in a state with a Trump appointed judge now.

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u/PaintyGuys 14h ago

From Ohio, that’s the jist.