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Abortion is legal in Ohio up to 22 weeks gestation.
At Monday’s hearing, the attorney representing Planned Parenthood called out what she called “factual issues” in the arguments of the state, namely the risks involved in a medication abortion via a two-pill regimen, mifepristone and misoprostol.
The state argued that telemedicine was not appropriate for a medication abortion because of the medications’ risks, such as bleeding or infection, which would require monitoring and possible hospitalization.
Attorney Julie Murray acknowledged risk factors with the medication, just as many other medications have risk factors, but said those risks would not be impacted by a mandated second in-person visit to a clinic.
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A Hamilton County judge has blocked an Ohio law regulating disposal of surgical abortion tissue that was set to take effect Tuesday.
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Alison Hatheway granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday pausing the enactment of the law temporarily.
The judge said because the state has not created forms, rules and regulations needed for clinics to follow the law, it can’t be put in effect quite yet.
“Without the required rules and forms in place, plaintiffs will be forced to stop providing procedural abortions because of the real threat of severe sanctions and penalties independent from criminal prosecution,” Hatheway said in court on Tuesday.
Judge blocks Ohioâs abortion disposal law
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A Hamilton County judge has blocked an Ohio law regulating disposal of surgical abortion tissue that was set to take effect Tuesday.
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Alison Hatheway granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday pausing the enactment of the law temporarily. The judge said because the state has not created forms, rules and regulations needed for clinics to follow the law, it canât be put in effect quite yet.
Updated: 7:04 PM EDT April 5, 2021
A judge on Monday temporarily blocked enforcement of an Ohio law that would require fetal remains from surgical abortions to be cremated or buried, agreeing that a lack of rules makes complying unworkable for clinics.
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Alison Hatheway s decision came a day before the law was set to take effect in a case brought by a group of clinics that argued a lack of rules, including whether a death certificate would be required, made complying with the law “impossible.
In a ruling from the bench, Hatheway also went further barring the state from enforcing the law s new penalties against abortion providers until 30 days after rules are set.