The State Constitution will protect access to the procedure. The ballot result sends a strong signal that voters are still angry about the demise of Roe.
The outcome is being closely watched by Democrats and Republicans looking to measure the strength of voter anger over the loss of federal abortion protections.
Ballot questions have been a winning strategy for abortion rights, even in red states. But complicated ballot language and misinformation have some abortion rights supporters worried.
The ruling sought to clarify the medical exceptions in the state���s bans, and was in a response to a lawsuit from women who were denied abortions despite medical emergencies.
Backers of a proposal to establish a right to abortion in the Ohio Constitution submitted enough valid signatures to put the question on the November ballot.