“The anti-abortion movement has really fought to repackage themselves as benevolent actors,” says Ashley Underwood, director of abortion rights group Equity Forward. “They’re looking to promote their answers to a problem they have created by restricting access to reproductive healthcare services.”
The national reproductive rights advocacy group Equity Forward tracks funding by state legislatures to anti-abortion efforts, and found that Ohio more than doubled its funding in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, specifically to the Parenting and Pregnancy Program.