The new bill seeks to remove transfer agreements for abortion providers that require providers to have hospital privileges within a certain distance from an abortion clinic, along with the 24-hour waiting period for patients to have an abortion.
Anti-abortion groups expressed their disappointment over the Issue 1 loss, but pushed forth with plans to campaign against what they see as an apocalyptic change to the state constitution.
Allowing the state law to be paused for 18 months as the case goes through the courts would free abortion clinics and physicians 'to violate Ohio law without consequence for the years-long duration of the case.'
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit made a decision late Wednesday that paused the ruling that would have suspended the approval of the abortion drug.
Because the proposed amendment mentions reproductive health and abortion, attorney Curt Hartman argued the ballot measure involved two different issues.