Planned Parenthood will begin phasing in same-day abortion services in Ohio Tuesday after a Franklin County judge temporarily blocked the state’s mandatory 24-hour waiting period.
While same-day abortion services will not start immediately, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio said that clinics across the state will become operational in the coming weeks.
In November 2023, Ohioans approved a constitutional amendment that guaranteed access to abortion, as well as other reproductive rights, in the state. But some policies, like the mandatory waiting period after a patient’s initial appointment, remained on the books.
Attorneys sued to block those policies, which includes a requirement that doctors give patients state-approved information that the attorneys say goes beyond informed consent and can be stigmatizing and misleading.
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Last week, Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge David Young wrote in his decision that the language approved by Ohio voters in November’s is clear, unambiguous and “a person’s right to reproductive freedom is now enshrined in the Ohio Constitution.”