Unconstitutional abortion restrictions receive committee vote
Columbus — The Ohio House Committee on Health heard opponent testimony on Senate Bill 28, which would force women to choose cremation or burial following an abortion. Following testimony, the committee voted to approve the bill. The legislation received bipartisan opposition as Republican Rep. Mike Duffey joined Democrats in voting No. This attempt to shame […]
Pro-Choice Advocates File Lawsuit Protecting Providers
Columbus — Today, the ACLU of Ohio, Preterm, and Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region announced a lawsuit to block the law created by Ohio’s House Bill 214, the Down syndrome abortion ban. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland said: “Let’s be clear, Governor Kasich signed this legislation as part of a strategy to overturn […]
Capital Care Network obtains transfer agreement
Toledo — Capital Care Network, Toledo’s only remaining abortion provider, has obtained a transfer agreement with ProMedica hospitals. The signed agreement satisfies the demands of the Kasich administration and will allow the clinic to continue to offer safe and legal abortion care for the people of Northwest Ohio. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland […]
Rally for Abortion Access in Toledo held outside ProMedica hospital
Toledo — This afternoon, Toledoans supporting the city’s only remaining abortion provider, Capital Care Network, rallied outside ProMedica’s flagship Toledo Hospital. Their message is a plea for ProMedica CEO Randy Oostra or St. Luke’s Hospital CEO Dan Wakeman to sign the transfer agreement the clinic needs to satisfy a medically-unnecessary regulatory demand forced up them […]
Toledo Women Abandoned by Politicized State Supreme Court
Toledo — The Republican-majority Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled against Toledo’s only abortion provider, Capital Care Network. Today’s decision in Capital Care Network of Toledo v. Ohio Dept. of Health abandons 45 years of case law in favor of John Kasich’s anti-abortion agenda. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland said: “Once a woman […]
Ohio Senate to vote on unconstitutional abortion restriction
Columbus — For the second time in two months, the Ohio Senate will vote on an unconstitutional restriction on abortion providers. Today’s vote to force women to cremate or bury fetal tissue is a proposal specifically addressed in the same Indiana court ruling that also blocked the Indiana version of the Down syndrome abortion ban […]
New Year, New Unconstitutional Bill
Columbus — Fresh from the last unconstitutional abortion ban bill signing in Ohio, a state senate committee today voted to approve a new unconstitutional abortion restriction. Just like House Bill 214, Senate Bill 28 is also an idea that has already been blocked by a federal judge in Indiana. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Deputy Director Jaime […]
Kasich signs bill already blocked in Indiana
Columbus — John Kasich has signed his 20th anti-abortion attack into law, HB 214. In doing so, he has ignored the clear ruling of the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, which issued a permanent injunction on that state’s Down syndrome abortion ban just 92 days ago, on September 22, 2017. NARAL Pro-Choice […]
Kasich Can’t Be A Moderate With This Record
Columbus — The Ohio Senate passed the House version of the Down syndrome abortion ban, HB 214. The bill now goes to Gov. Kasich for consideration. As with the Senate version of the bill, SB 164, passed in the chamber earlier this year, today’s 20 – 12 vote was not along party lines, with Republicans […]
All current Ohio abortion ban bills unconstitutional
Columbus — On Wednesday, December 13, the Ohio General Assembly could be voting on any number of abortion bans currently moving in the legislature. NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland said: “We can drop all the pretense — the bills being promoted by anti-choice extremists are not looking to protect the interest of Ohioans. […]