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Abortion Laws : Ohio and Federal: Introduction

Introduction

Roe v. Wade is overturned. Laws restricting or banning abortions can now be enacted by state legislatures.

Issue 1 passed, so, as of Dec. 7, 2023, abortion rights are protected by the Ohio Constitution.

Books in the Franklin County Law Library

Abortion in the United States by Dorothy McBride and Jennifer Keys
Call Number: HQ 767.5 .U5 M3727

Publication Date: 2018
Abortion in the United States: Judicial History, Legislation and FAQs by Phillip Mullins
Call Number: HQ 767.5 .U5 A26

Publication Date: 2018
Abortion: Information Plus by Stephen Meyer
Call Number: HQ 767.5 .U5 A47

Publication Date: 2016
Abortion Politics by Ziad Munson
Call Number: HQ 767.5 .U5 M8596

Publication Date: 2018
Producing Reproductive Rights: Determining Abortion Policy Worldwide by Udi Sommer and Aliza Forman-Rabinovici
Call Number: K 2000 .S66

Publication Date: 2019
Roe v. Wade : the Untold Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Decision that made Abortion Legal by Marian Faux
Call Number: K 540 .N68 F38

Publication Date: 1994
The Safety and Quality of Abortion Care in the United States by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Call Number: HQ 767.5 .U6 S.24

Publication Date: 2018
The Supreme Court Landmark Decisions: 20 Cases that Changed America by Tony Mauro
Call Number: KF 4549 .M38

Publication Date: 2016

Law Review Articles

Bridging Silos: Environmental and Reproductive Justice in the Climate Crisis
Sara Colangelo, 112 Calif. L. Rev. 1255 (2024)
Disabled and Disenfranchised: The Fight for Reproductive Freedom and Democracy Post-Dobbs
Robyn M. Powell, 46 Cardozo L. Rev. (2025)
Gendered Liberty
Laura Portundo, 113 Geo. L.J. 707 (2025).
Prosecutorial Discretion and the Crime of Abortion
Mridula S. Raman, 43 Yale L. & Pol. Rev. issue 1 (2025)
Retrenchment by Diversion: the New Politics of Parental Rights
Mary Ziegler, Maxine Eichner & Naomi Cahn, 123 MICH. L. REV. 669 (2025).

Links

Abortion & Reproductive Politics
LibGuide from Minnesota History Center, Gale Family Library
Abortion Onscreen Database
ANSIRH’s Abortion Onscreen Database is a listing of all film and television depictions available to viewers in the United States in which a character obtains an abortion, or discloses having one in the past.
Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?
Ohio Capital Journal 6/26/23
Aidaccess.org
Aid Access is the private initiative of Dutch doctor, Rebecca Gomperts. The purpose of the website and the service is to help women who do not have the possibility of accessing local abortion services.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Evolution of Abortion Policy, 1951–1973: The Politics of Science
Am J Public Health. 2003 November by Nancy Aries, PhD.
At least 10 states, including Ohio, divert federal welfare funding to anti-abortion clinics
The Guardian 4/6/21
Number of abortions in U.S. drops to lowest since they became legal nationwide, report finds
NBC News 9/17/19
One-third of job-seekers won’t consider working in states with abortion bans
Resume Builder, 1/19/23
Abortion rate in Ohio continues decline
Toledo Blade 10/1/19

Guide Author

Susanna Marlowe

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Franklin County Law Library Reference Librarian

614-525-4971