Abortion clinics around Ohio are now providing same-day services after a judge blocked the state’s law requiring a 24-hour waiting period to access the care. This marks the first ruling on reproductive rights since voters legalized and protected abortion access in 2023.
Thanks to a Columbus court, Ohio now has fewer barriers to getting an abortion.
“It’s life-changing for so many of them because it really means they have access to the health care in their time frame,” Abortion Forward’s Jaime Miracle said, referencing patients.
Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Young has temporarily blocked a state law that Miracle said puts a burden on patients.
“The waiting period forces abortion care providers to depart from that duty by denying time sensitive care for a specified minimum period putting patients’ health and wellbeing at risk,” Young wrote.
The law required two in-person appointments with a 24-hour waiting period in between to get the abortion medication or procedure.