The Dirty Tricks are coming!

[samplegirl]

Lawsuit asks Ohio Supreme Court to block abortion rights measure from November ballot
Jessie Balmert
Cincinnati Enquirer
The Ohio Supreme Court could decide whether the abortion rights amendment makes the November ballot.
A new lawsuit from Republicans asks the Ohio Supreme Court to block the abortion rights amendment from the November ballot.

The legal challenge, filed Friday, argues that abortion rights petitions failed to list the state laws that would be repealed or changed if the constitutional amendment took effect.


According to the lawsuit, those laws include a ban on doctors performing abortions after cardiac activity is detected; a ban on abortions after a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome; and parental consent for abortions.

Attorney Curt Hartman filed the challenge on behalf of two Republicans: former state Rep. Tom Brinkman from Cincinnati and ex-legislative candidate Jenn Giroux. They asked the Ohio Supreme Court to invalidate the petitions and prohibit the measure from appearing on the Nov. 7 ballot.