Two Ohio laws restricting access to abortion pills have been struck down by the courts as part of the legal fallout that anti-abortion advocates feared would happen following the passage of a 2023 constitutional amendment guaranteeing access to abortion.
Hamilton County Common Judge Alison Hatheway issued a preliminary injunction on Aug. 29 extending an existing order to halt the enforcement of a state law prohibiting the use of telemedicine to prescribe mifepristone and misoprostol for medication abortions.
The ruling also thwarts the state law blocking non-doctors, including midwives, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants, from prescribing mifepristone for a medication abortion.
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Abortion rights groups reacted to the order late Wednesday. The ACLU, PPFA, and Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio said in a statement that they
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