Last updated: May 12, 2026
Nebraska is a state where many policies affecting women’s rights are already restrictive, particularly around reproductive healthcare. In 2024, voters approved a constitutional amendment …
As of May 2026, Texas continues to enforce some of the most restrictive laws affecting women’s rights in the country, with many policies deeply embedded in state law. In …
As of May 2026, women’s rights in Georgia continue to be shaped by an increasingly contested legal and political landscape, where court rulings, legislative proposals, and election dynamics all …
As of April 2026, Ohio’s women’s rights landscape continues to reflect a mix of voter-approved protections and ongoing legal and legislative conflict. In 2023, voters amended the state …
Ohio’s public universities are beginning to implement major provisions of a higher education law passed in 2025. Senate Bill 1—known as the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act—introduces …
Ohio has enacted a new law revising several aspects of the state’s election procedures, including voter registration verification, identification requirements, and absentee ballot timelines.
The legislation, Senate Bill 293, …
As Ohio heads toward the 2026 election cycle, voting rules in the state continue to shift. Recent changes to absentee ballot deadlines, ongoing legal challenges over voter registration requirements, and …
As of April 2026, Ohio’s women’s rights landscape continues to reflect a mix of voter-approved protections and ongoing legal and legislative conflict. In 2023, voters amended the state …
Ohio’s public universities are beginning to implement major provisions of a higher education law passed in 2025. Senate Bill 1—known as the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act—introduces …
Ohio has enacted a new law revising several aspects of the state’s election procedures, including voter registration verification, identification requirements, and absentee ballot timelines.
The legislation, Senate Bill 293, …
As Ohio heads toward the 2026 election cycle, voting rules in the state continue to shift. Recent changes to absentee ballot deadlines, ongoing legal challenges over voter registration requirements, and …
Ohio’s expansion of Medicaid significantly increased health coverage across the state and helped stabilize access to care, including maternal and reproductive health services. The state has also extended postpartum …
Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment in November 2023 protecting the right to make decisions about contraception, pregnancy, and abortion. While that protection remains in effect, abortion access in Ohio …
Women’s rights in this state are shaped by active legal and political conflict, even where protections exist in law. Court decisions, ballot measures, and legislative responses continue to test how rights are defined and enforced. WRDI closely tracks Ohio because outcomes remain unsettled and near-term shifts could materially affect access and protections.
