Ohio – Page 3 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

24 Jul

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

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"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,…

Deadline today: Ohio abortion measure must submit signatures to make the November ballot

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"Today marks the deadline for proponents of abortion access to file signatures to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Backers of the amendment are expected to file more than the minimum 413,446 signatures to account for possible errors or mistakes...."

Indiana doctor’s discipline hearing centers on privacy, reporting of Ohio 10-year-old’s abortion

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"...A hearing on possible disciplinary action opened Thursday for an Indianapolis doctor who spoke publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio, with finger pointing over how the case became a political flashpoint in the national abortion debate...."