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Ohio Abortion Group: Judge’s Ruling Allows Abortion Clinics
By: Associated Press
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CINCINNATI (AP) – A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction that allows the last two abortion clinics in southwest Ohio to remain open.
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio says U.S. District Court Judge Michael Barrett issued the temporary injunction Tuesday. Executive Director Kellie Copeland says the courts have “put a stop to efforts to close more abortion clinics.”
The Ohio Department of Health informed Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio and Women’s Med Group in September that variances for their Cincinnati and Dayton clinics had been denied. The variances would have granted state permission to operate without a required transfer agreement with a nearby hospital in cases of emergency.
Cincinnati attorney Jennifer Branch filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of abortion restrictions approved in the two most recent state budgets. The lawsuit sought Tuesday’s injunction.