Ohio’s abortion ban is no longer in effect after a judge on Oct. 24 ruled that a constitutional amendment means that voters rejected such restrictions.
“Ohio voters have spoken. The Ohio Constitution now unequivocally protects the right to abortion,” Common Pleas Court Judge Christian A. Jenkins said.
The 2019 law in question required doctors who plan to perform an abortion to figure out whether the unborn fetus has a heartbeat, which is usually detectable after about six weeks. If a heartbeat was detected, the law barred abortions unless they were deemed necessary to prevent the pregnant woman’s death or a serious risk of impairment of a “major bodily function.”…