Ohio Republicans To File Bill Banning All State Courts From Enforcing Voter-Backed Abortion Rights Measure

The Ohio Capital Journal reports:

Issue 1, the proposal to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution, passed 57-43% on election night. Despite this large victory, Statehouse Republicans have been mulling over ways to combat it. State Rep. Jennifer Gross (R-West Chester) is seemingly leading this fight with other far-right representatives Bill Dean (R-Xenia), Melanie Miller (R-Ashland) and Beth Lear (R-Galena).

The quartet is described by other Republicans as being on the extreme end of their caucus due to anti-vaccine beliefs, peddling of conspiracy theories, and disapproval of equal protection for the LGBTQ+ community. “The Ohio General Assembly shall have the exclusive authority over implementing Ohio Issue 1,” their draft says. “All jurisdiction is hereby withdrawn from and denied to the Courts of Common Pleas and all other courts of the State of Ohio.”

Read the full article. Rep. Jennifer Gross, you may recall, is the nutbag who invited a freak show anti-vaxxer to testify how the COVID vaccine makes humans literally magnetic. That doctor has since lost her license.

State Rep. Jennifer Gross has asked legislative researchers to draft the “Issue 1 Implementation Act.”

It would give the Ohio General Assembly “exclusive authority over implementing” Issue 1, and make it an impeachable offense for any judge to rule on or attempt to enforce it.

— Andrew Tobias (@AndrewJTobias) November 13, 2023

Here’s Gross’s draft in full: pic.twitter.com/bG4Sy3HL2c

— Andrew Tobias (@AndrewJTobias) November 13, 2023

We.Are.Not.Done. pic.twitter.com/NRLQbEFekQ

— JenniferGrossOHStateRep (@jenniferforrep) November 9, 2023

Why can’t the libraries and the authors that push pornography on them just let the kids be KIDS?https://t.co/NzyzvQAuVT

— JenniferGrossOHStateRep (@jenniferforrep) November 7, 2023