Dave Yost | |
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.jpg) Yost in 2019 | |
| 51st Attorney General of Ohio | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2019 | |
| Governor | Mike DeWine |
| Preceded by | Mike DeWine |
| 32nd Auditor of Ohio | |
| In office January 10, 2011 – January 12, 2019 | |
| Governor | John Kasich |
| Preceded by | Mary Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Keith Faber |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Anthony Yost December 22, 1956 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Darlene |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Ohio State University (BA) Capital University (JD) |
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David Anthony Yost (born December 22, 1956) is an American politician and lawyer who currently serves as the 51st Attorney General of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, Yost previously served as Ohio State Auditor.
During his tenure as Attorney General, he supported attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden. He has played a key role in defending an Ohio abortion law that prohibits abortion six weeks into a pregnancy (before many women know they are pregnant) without exceptions for rape or incest.[1] In 2022, he was involved in a public controversy over a 10-year-old rape victim who had to flee Ohio for Indiana to get an abortion to avoid carrying her rapist's child.[2]
- ^ Tebben, Susan (March 5, 2024). "Clinics ask court to declare Ohio six-week abortion ban unconstitutional after amendment passage • Ohio Capital Journal". Ohio Capital Journal.
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