Ohio abortion clinics continue to help out-of-state patients as bans are put in place

“As groups await legal battles on abortion, as well as hope for a November ballot initiative to include reproduction rights in the Ohio Constitution, abortion clinics are also looking to help surrounding states where bans have taken hold.

Indiana has been the most recent state surrounding Ohio to see an abortion ban approved — set to start on August 1 — and with it struggles for Planned Parenthoods in the state to care for patients, even those seeking other reproductive services.

While Ohio awaits the state Supreme Court’s decision in a case regarding an indefinite pause to the six-week abortion ban in the state, and waits to see if the abortion amendment will go before voters in November, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio says they are carrying on with patient services as best they can….”