Judge blocks Ohioâs abortion disposal law Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. file image and last updated 2021-04-06 10:19:29-04 The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement. 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.