Abortion Forward
@abortionforward.bsky.social
The leading organization for repro rights in Ohio. Formerly Pro-Choice Ohio.
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As of May 2024, Pro-Choice Ohio is now Abortion Forward.
We will never stop fighting. Visit AbortionForward.org or the link in our bio to learn more and get involved.
We will never stop fighting. Visit AbortionForward.org or the link in our bio to learn more and get involved.
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Next time a committee chair rejects your testimony as "not directly relevant to a bill," point to this hearing.
Every witness has exclusively focused their testimony on irrelevant and inaccurate statements to cast doubt on the safety and effectiveness of medication abortion. Study after study and Ohio's own Dept. of Health data has shown Mifepristone to be a highly safe and highly effective medication.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Next time a committee chair rejects your testimony as "not directly relevant to a bill," point to this hearing.
Staring soon: Ohio Senate Health Committee is hearing proponent testimony on Senate Bill 309, which would force doctors to distribute inaccurate, inflammatory, and confusing information to their patients in hope that they will reconsider their decision to obtain abortion care.
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Staring soon: Ohio Senate Health Committee is hearing proponent testimony on Senate Bill 309, which would force doctors to distribute inaccurate, inflammatory, and confusing information to their patients in hope that they will reconsider their decision to obtain abortion care.
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Abortion is normal.
Abortion is safe.
Abortion is healthcare.
Abortion is a human right.
Abortion is a blessing.
Abortion is safe.
Abortion is healthcare.
Abortion is a human right.
Abortion is a blessing.
February 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Abortion is normal.
Abortion is safe.
Abortion is healthcare.
Abortion is a human right.
Abortion is a blessing.
Abortion is safe.
Abortion is healthcare.
Abortion is a human right.
Abortion is a blessing.
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Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
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Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
February 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
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When adoption advocates oppose a tax credit to help adopting families, then you know the bill sponsor's idea is complete garbage.
An agency dedicated to helping people put pregnancies up for adoption, JustChoice opposes House Bill 87: "Most alarming is the amendment allowing a prospective adoptive family to claim a fetus as a dependent before birth, while explicitly barring the pregnant person from doing so."
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
When adoption advocates oppose a tax credit to help adopting families, then you know the bill sponsor's idea is complete garbage.
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"It could not be clearer – House Bill 87 is unconstitutional at its core."
When Ohioans enshrined abortion rights in our state constitution in 2023, it wasn't a suggestion! Tell your House reps to vote no on House Bill 87: abortionforward.org/hb87/
When Ohioans enshrined abortion rights in our state constitution in 2023, it wasn't a suggestion! Tell your House reps to vote no on House Bill 87: abortionforward.org/hb87/
Happening now, our @JMiracleOH is testifying before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee against House Bill 87 because it pretends to support families, but in reality, creates an unconstitutional pathway for legal protections for fetuses and embryos.
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"It could not be clearer – House Bill 87 is unconstitutional at its core."
When Ohioans enshrined abortion rights in our state constitution in 2023, it wasn't a suggestion! Tell your House reps to vote no on House Bill 87: abortionforward.org/hb87/
When Ohioans enshrined abortion rights in our state constitution in 2023, it wasn't a suggestion! Tell your House reps to vote no on House Bill 87: abortionforward.org/hb87/
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People who actually cheat families should not propose bills to misuse pregnant people for their own political agendas.
Firsich: "All but four members of this committee voted in favor of [Ohio Budget Bill] HB 96, which eliminated the child tax credit—a $1,000 per-child tax credit that would not only have benefited families but produced nearly $750 million in annual benefits to the Ohio economy."
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
People who actually cheat families should not propose bills to misuse pregnant people for their own political agendas.
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A key point from @abortionforward.bsky.social testimony: We're all in favor of state assistance for families, but House Bill 87 turns pregnant people into simple vessels whose only role is to carry a pregnancy and whose rights are superseded from the moment of conception.
February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
A key point from @abortionforward.bsky.social testimony: We're all in favor of state assistance for families, but House Bill 87 turns pregnant people into simple vessels whose only role is to carry a pregnancy and whose rights are superseded from the moment of conception.
Starting soon: Repro rights advocates are testifying before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee against a plan to give tax credits for pregnancies, a horrible idea that’s ripe for abuse by the state to punish people seeking abortion care.
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Starting soon: Repro rights advocates are testifying before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee against a plan to give tax credits for pregnancies, a horrible idea that’s ripe for abuse by the state to punish people seeking abortion care.
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Journalists are being arrested under a law meant to protect abortion clinics. WTF right?
Opinion | Pam Bondi is using the FACE Act against Don Lemon for a reason — and it’s not public safety
Lizz Winstead: The Justice Department is weaponizing against journalists a Clinton-era law meant to protect abortion clinics.
www.ms.now
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Journalists are being arrested under a law meant to protect abortion clinics. WTF right?
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🗣️If you...
1. Have lawful immigration status: US citizen, lawful permanent resident, active TPS, or unexpired visa without an order of removal;
2. Have been detained/arrested in Ohio by ICE;
3. And were later released – we want to hear from YOU!
Text 614-347-9488 or email contact@acluohio.org
1. Have lawful immigration status: US citizen, lawful permanent resident, active TPS, or unexpired visa without an order of removal;
2. Have been detained/arrested in Ohio by ICE;
3. And were later released – we want to hear from YOU!
Text 614-347-9488 or email contact@acluohio.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 PM
🗣️If you...
1. Have lawful immigration status: US citizen, lawful permanent resident, active TPS, or unexpired visa without an order of removal;
2. Have been detained/arrested in Ohio by ICE;
3. And were later released – we want to hear from YOU!
Text 614-347-9488 or email contact@acluohio.org
1. Have lawful immigration status: US citizen, lawful permanent resident, active TPS, or unexpired visa without an order of removal;
2. Have been detained/arrested in Ohio by ICE;
3. And were later released – we want to hear from YOU!
Text 614-347-9488 or email contact@acluohio.org
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Reports say ICE’s next surge may target Springfield, Ohio, home to 15,000 Haitian immigrants.
Join Red Wine & Blue Tuesday, February 3, at 8:30 PM ET for a virtual event to support Springfield and demand ICE stop terrorizing communities.
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go.redwine.blue/UFSIO-BS
Join Red Wine & Blue Tuesday, February 3, at 8:30 PM ET for a virtual event to support Springfield and demand ICE stop terrorizing communities.
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Join us to Unite for Springfield
RSVP to this emergency meeting to raise awareness of whatâs actually happening in Springfield and demand ICE stay out of Ohio.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Reports say ICE’s next surge may target Springfield, Ohio, home to 15,000 Haitian immigrants.
Join Red Wine & Blue Tuesday, February 3, at 8:30 PM ET for a virtual event to support Springfield and demand ICE stop terrorizing communities.
Sign up below and share! 🔗
go.redwine.blue/UFSIO-BS
Join Red Wine & Blue Tuesday, February 3, at 8:30 PM ET for a virtual event to support Springfield and demand ICE stop terrorizing communities.
Sign up below and share! 🔗
go.redwine.blue/UFSIO-BS
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January 22, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Post-Dobbs abortion access has been propped up by donor outrage and heroic work—but that fragile system is already leaving people behind.
Abortion Access Can’t Depend on Rage Donations
Post-Dobbs abortion access has been propped up by donor outrage and heroic work—but that fragile system is already leaving people behind.
msmagazine.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Post-Dobbs abortion access has been propped up by donor outrage and heroic work—but that fragile system is already leaving people behind.
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Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
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Freezing childcare and social-services funding exposes how the administration’s “pro-family” agenda relies on pushing women out of the workforce and back into unpaid caregiving.
Social Services Cuts Will Mean More Women Stop Working—and Maybe That’s the Point
Freezing childcare and social-services funding exposes how Trump-Vance's “pro-family” agenda relies on pushing women out of the workforce.
msmagazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Freezing childcare and social-services funding exposes how the administration’s “pro-family” agenda relies on pushing women out of the workforce and back into unpaid caregiving.
In 2023, Ohioans voted to establish and protect abortion rights - but that hasn't stopped Republican lawmakers from trying every trick in the book to restrict access to abortion, including reintroducing laws that were already struck down in court.
Reproductive rights regulated, tested in Ohio Republican bills, as Dems continue attempts to protect • Ohio Capital Journal
As the current Ohio General Assembly goes into its second year in 2026, abortion will still remain a topic of legislation, in small efforts to change laws, and large attempts to codify or prohibit the...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
In 2023, Ohioans voted to establish and protect abortion rights - but that hasn't stopped Republican lawmakers from trying every trick in the book to restrict access to abortion, including reintroducing laws that were already struck down in court.
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TWO anti-trans bills are up for a vote this week:
❌ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would criminalize providers of gender-affirming care
❌ Rep. Dan Crenshaw's bill that would block Medicaid funds from covering transition-related care (1/2)
❌ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would criminalize providers of gender-affirming care
❌ Rep. Dan Crenshaw's bill that would block Medicaid funds from covering transition-related care (1/2)
December 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
TWO anti-trans bills are up for a vote this week:
❌ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would criminalize providers of gender-affirming care
❌ Rep. Dan Crenshaw's bill that would block Medicaid funds from covering transition-related care (1/2)
❌ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill that would criminalize providers of gender-affirming care
❌ Rep. Dan Crenshaw's bill that would block Medicaid funds from covering transition-related care (1/2)
Abortion Forward is hiring a temporary, part-time Policy Fellow in Columbus! Apply if you:
✅ have an interest in a policy career
✅ want to deep dive into state legislation
✅ like tracking & analyzing voting records of elected officials
✅ have a strong commitment to abortion rights for all
✅ have an interest in a policy career
✅ want to deep dive into state legislation
✅ like tracking & analyzing voting records of elected officials
✅ have a strong commitment to abortion rights for all
December 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Abortion Forward is hiring a temporary, part-time Policy Fellow in Columbus! Apply if you:
✅ have an interest in a policy career
✅ want to deep dive into state legislation
✅ like tracking & analyzing voting records of elected officials
✅ have a strong commitment to abortion rights for all
✅ have an interest in a policy career
✅ want to deep dive into state legislation
✅ like tracking & analyzing voting records of elected officials
✅ have a strong commitment to abortion rights for all
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In very related news, FDA commissioner Makary is reportedly slow-walking a politicized review that could be weaponized to roll back access to mifepristone because he doesn't want any changes before the 2026 midterms. That would not be "leaving abortion to the states," as Trump claimed in campaign
SCOOP: The FDA is slow walking the abortion pill's safety study, as Commissioner Marty Makary wants it put off until after the midterms. By Charles Gorrivan, @rileyraygriffin.bsky.social and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study
The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections,...
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In very related news, FDA commissioner Makary is reportedly slow-walking a politicized review that could be weaponized to roll back access to mifepristone because he doesn't want any changes before the 2026 midterms. That would not be "leaving abortion to the states," as Trump claimed in campaign
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New: In the first half of 2025, more than a quarter of abortions in the US were done with pills via telehealth. That portion has increased from 5% in early 2022 to 27%.
Ending telemedicine prescriptions of mifepristone nationwide is a key goal of anti-abortion movement
societyfp.org/research/wec...
Ending telemedicine prescriptions of mifepristone nationwide is a key goal of anti-abortion movement
societyfp.org/research/wec...
![screenshot of bar chart from Society for Family Planning. The key shows two colors: navy blue for in-person care (abortion procedures and pills), and yellow for telehealth abortions (pills)
chart title: In the first six months of 2025, 27% of abortions were provided via telehealth
2022 Quarter 2 to 2025 Quarter 2, % in-person versus telehealth
2022
Q2 95% and 5%
Q3 93% and 7%
Q4 92% and 8%
2023
Q1 93% and 7%
Q2 92% and 8%
[Provision under US shield laws begins, #WeCount expands data collection]
Q3 84% and 16%
Q4 80% and 20%
2024
Q1 80% and 20%
Q2 80% and 20%
Q3 78% and 22%
Q4 75% and 25%
2025
Q1 73% and 27%
Q2 73% and 27%
Source: Society of Family Planning, December 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4fdfjfnhhyeo4hsmoxpeazsg/bafkreicqmb37n7dvs6ef5va3smxjemiswvwk5m6xybyf3vgbqa7es6koi4@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
New: In the first half of 2025, more than a quarter of abortions in the US were done with pills via telehealth. That portion has increased from 5% in early 2022 to 27%.
Ending telemedicine prescriptions of mifepristone nationwide is a key goal of anti-abortion movement
societyfp.org/research/wec...
Ending telemedicine prescriptions of mifepristone nationwide is a key goal of anti-abortion movement
societyfp.org/research/wec...
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Pro-life? "USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths." hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition,…
hsph.harvard.edu
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Pro-life? "USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths." hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
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Anti-abortion politicians are pouring taxpayer money into anti-abortion pregnancy centers that are often religiously affiliated and offer only limited anti-abortion “services” at a high public cost. Check out if there's one near you: reproaction.org/database/
The Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Center Database | Pregnancy Resource Center
The Fake Clinic Database is a collection of all discoverable US crisis pregnancy center locations, independently verified and regularly updated by Reproaction.
reproaction.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Anti-abortion politicians are pouring taxpayer money into anti-abortion pregnancy centers that are often religiously affiliated and offer only limited anti-abortion “services” at a high public cost. Check out if there's one near you: reproaction.org/database/
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Mifepristone has been used safely in abortion care for over two decades. Trust the science and debunk anti-abortion misinformation here: reproaction.org/resource/deb...
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Mifepristone has been used safely in abortion care for over two decades. Trust the science and debunk anti-abortion misinformation here: reproaction.org/resource/deb...