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4 dni temu · ACLU of Ohio Legal Director Freda Levenson says the court has ruled the part of the law that bans abortion when fetal cardiac activity is detected - which is as early as six weeks into pregnancy - cannot stand under the new reproductive rights amendment passed in 2023. “As to that, we can stick a fork in it. It’s done," Levenson said.
Today, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a permanent injunction blocking Ohio’s 2019 six-week abortion ban from taking effect, marking the first permanent injunction stemming from Ohio’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment, which took effect in December 2023.
The decision brings finality to a five-year legal battle that began in 2019 when Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed the six-week ban into law as part of S.B 23. ... Abortion is legal in ...
24 paź 2024 · CINCINNATI, OH — Today, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas permanently blocked Ohio’s 6-week abortion ban. This comes after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the appeal to reinstate the 6-week ban from Attorney General Yost’s office, returning the decision to Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins. This is the first court ruling on ...
24 paź 2024 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The most far-reaching of Ohio’s laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year’s voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive rights renders the so-called heartbeat law unconstitutional.. Enforcement of the 2019 law banning most abortions once cardiac activity is detected — as early as six weeks into pregnancy ...
15 lis 2022 · State law at the time prohibited abortion after around 6 weeks. Legal experts say this kind of law leaves doctors uncertain of what's legal and can put patients in dangerous situations.
29 sie 2024 · The latest: A ruling is expected today in a separate Hamilton County case over the constitutionality of Ohio's "heartbeat law," which bans abortion after detection of fetal cardiac activity, typically around six weeks of pregnancy. The statute has been temporarily blocked since late 2022.
