From new voting district maps to limits on abortion access, fending off robocallers and sports betting, these are the changes you need to know about in Ohio

CLEVELAND — Legal analysis: In Ohio, unless a bill specifically states otherwise, new laws signed by the governor in the previous year take effect on January 1.

Legally speaking, there are quite a few new laws for 2022 that could make a difference in your everyday life, ranging from new voting district maps to limits on abortion access, fending off robocallers and sports betting.

Here's a run down of a few big ones that should be on your radar.

Late last year, Gov. Mike DeWine signed off on a new congressional voting district map for Ohio, which was drawn exclusively by Republicans after Democrats didn’t agree that it was fair. While that's supposed to be used for the upcoming elections in November, it's currently being challenged in the Ohio Supreme Court, so we'll have to wait and see what those final boundary lines look like.

In the field of reproductive rights, it’s getting tougher to get an abortion in Ohio. Starting March 23, doctors who teach at state-funded hospitals and medical schools won’t be able to work at clinics where pregnancies can be terminated. Under the same law, titled the "Born-Alive Infant Protection Act," a new crime is outlined if doctors don’t try to save the child’s life in the very rare case where a baby is born alive after an abortion attempt. This provision of the law is redundant, since...

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