Ohio’s attorney general will appeal a ruling that struck down the most far-reaching of the state’s laws restricting abortion

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost will appeal a Hamilton County court’s decision to strike down the state’s six-week abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest that was put into effect for several months after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

Ohio’s attorney general said Wednesday he would appeal an October injunction that prohibited state officials from enforcing a six-week abortion ban, according to The Associated Press. Republican Dave Yost filed a notice of appeal Friday seeking to overturn a ruling that upheld state voters’ amendment to enshrine abortion rights.

Ohio's Republican attorney general has appealed a judge’s decision striking down that ban after last year’s approval of a constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is pushing for an appeals court to reverse a judge’s ruling that all portions of a state law restricting abortions are unconstitutional. Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Christian Jenkins ruled in October that Ohio’s “Heartbeat Act” violates state law following the passage of Issue 1