Abortion access
Abortion access is a major issue in the 2026 Ohio governor's race, following Ohio voters' 2023 constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights. Gubernatorial candidates Amy Acton and Vivek Ramaswamy have been asked how they would handle abortion policy, including the implementation and enforcement of the constitutional amendment.
How should Ohio's governor approach abortion access and reproductive rights?
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Sources
Columbus Dispatch / Jessie Balmert — https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/04/ohio-governor-candidates-amy-acton-and-vivek-ramaswamy-on-the-issues/88588933007
How would Ohio's gubernatorial hopefuls handle taxes, data centers, legal marijuana, the death penalty and abortion access? We asked Ramaswamy, Acton and Libertarian candidate Don Kissick to tell voters how they would handle 10 of the state's most pressing issues.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Fully implement and expand abortion access consistent with Ohio's constitutional amendment, with no new restrictions.
- Uphold the constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights and oppose any legislative attempts to limit it.
- Respect the constitutional amendment while seeking common-ground regulations that address both access and safety.
- Allow the legislature to pass regulations that test the boundaries of the constitutional amendment.
- Support efforts to repeal or limit the constitutional amendment and restrict abortion access in Ohio.