Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 22:48:56 GMT -6
Abortion rights activists will challenge Ohio laws after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
WASHINGTON - A Supreme Court decision on Monday that struck down a Texas law that shuttered many of Texas' abortion clinics has emboldened activists who will use it to challenge restrictions that threaten to close several abortion clinics in Ohio.
Cincinnati-area abortion rights lawyer Jennifer Branch expects the ruling will be used to attack written hospital transfer agreements the state now requires abortion providers to have with nearby hospitals.
She said the Ohio Department of Health's requirement that four doctors at each clinic need hospital privileges makes the state's policy more restrictive than the Texas law that the U.S. Supreme court overturned on Monday.
Dayton and Toledo abortion providers who are fighting the current state policy will use that decision in their pending legal appeals, she predicts.
Read more: www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/06/abortion_rights_activists_plan.html
WASHINGTON - A Supreme Court decision on Monday that struck down a Texas law that shuttered many of Texas' abortion clinics has emboldened activists who will use it to challenge restrictions that threaten to close several abortion clinics in Ohio.
Cincinnati-area abortion rights lawyer Jennifer Branch expects the ruling will be used to attack written hospital transfer agreements the state now requires abortion providers to have with nearby hospitals.
She said the Ohio Department of Health's requirement that four doctors at each clinic need hospital privileges makes the state's policy more restrictive than the Texas law that the U.S. Supreme court overturned on Monday.
Dayton and Toledo abortion providers who are fighting the current state policy will use that decision in their pending legal appeals, she predicts.
Read more: www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/06/abortion_rights_activists_plan.html