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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.