Penelope
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Republican faction seeks to keep courts from interpreting Ohio's new abortion rights amendment
Reps. Jennifer Gross, Bill Dean, Melanie Miller and Beth Lear said that they’ll push to have the Legislature, not the courts, make any decisions about the amendment passed.

Republican state Reps. Jennifer Gross, Bill Dean, Melanie Miller and Beth Lear said in a news release Thursday that they’ll push to have the Legislature, not the courts, make any decisions about the amendment passed Tuesday.
“To prevent mischief by pro-abortion courts with Issue 1, Ohio legislators will consider removing jurisdiction from the judiciary over this ambiguous ballot initiative,” said the mix of fairly new and veteran lawmakers who are all vice-chairs of various House committees. “The Ohio legislature alone will consider what, if any, modifications to make to existing laws based on public hearings and input from legal experts on both sides.”
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Ohio legislature ,they are all republicans.