Referendum Upheld: Ohio State Court Strikes Down ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law

by Karen Faulkner, Worthy News Correspondent (Worthy News) – A county court judge has permanently blocked an effort by Ohio’s attorney general to enforce a 2019 law banning abortion at six week’s gestation, the Associated Press (AP) reports. Ohio’s Republican Attorney General Dave Yost sought to enforce the ‘heartbeat bill’ despite last year’s voter-approved amendment to enshrine the right to abortion under Ohio’s state constitution. After nearly 60% of voters approved adding reproductive rights