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The long-awaited ruling on the six-week abortion ban will come from a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge on Aug. 29.

A lawsuit against the city of Lebanon has been dropped.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) said lawmakers cannot agree on language needed to clarify the existing abortion ban, which is on hold by a court for being too vague.

Groups that advocate for legal abortion have taken the first step towards a constitutional amendment by forming a ballot exploration committee

A recent study showed a dramatic decrease in the number of abortions in Ohio in August, after the state’s strict six-week abortion ban went into effect, compared to April, when it wasn’t. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story.

The law, which bans abortion at the point fetal cardiac activity can be detected, as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, was put on hold until October 12 but after a hearing today, the law has been blocked indefinitely.

Legal documents show Ohio's abortion ban caused hardship for people seeking abortions and confusion for doctors, but backers of the ban say it's constitutional.

The law, known as the "conscience clause," was recently passed as part of the current two-year state budget.

Politicians who support abortion rights pointed to the case of a 10-year-old pregnant girl who was raped as an example that abortion bans are too extreme while Republicans blamed the media and abortion rights advocates for fabricating a story that turned out to be true.

Republican lawmakers, who have a supermajority at the Ohio ±¬ÁϳԹÏ, are poised to make abortion illegal but Democrats say it's not over yet.