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Ohio Medical Right to Refuse Initiative (2023)
| Ohio Medical Right to Refuse Initiative | |
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| Election date November 7, 2023 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Ohio Medical Right to Refuse Initiative was not on the ballot in Ohio as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 7, 2023.
This ballot measure would have provided for a state constitutional right to "refuse any medical procedure, treatment, injection, vaccine, prophylactic, pharmaceutical, or medical device". The measure would have also stated that no "law, rule, regulation, person, employer, entity, or healthcare provider" can mandate, coerce, or require an individual to any medical treatment or procedure.
Text of measure
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The full text of the ballot measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
Stages of this ballot initiative
On June 15, 2022, petitioners submitted the initiative to the Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost. On June 24, the initiative was certified by the attorney general, clearing it for signature gathering.[1] Signatures were not submitted for the 2023 ballot.
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