Examining the Impact of Ohio's Abortion Amendment and the GOP's Response

During the third GOP presidential debate, Vivek Ramaswamy claimed that Ohio's new abortion amendment allows abortion up until the moment of birth without parental consent. However, the amendment does not change Ohio's existing parental notification and consent law, which still requires minors to have parental permission or a judicial exception for an abortion. The law would have to be challenged in court and struck down by the conservative majority state Supreme Court to be overturned. Medical experts also dispute the claim of abortions "until the moment of birth," as terminations later in pregnancy involve medication that induces early birth, which is different from surgical abortion.