Judge Strikes Down Ohio’s ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Ban

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The law banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat was detected.

Ohio’s abortion ban is no longer in effect after a judge on Oct. 24 ruled that a constitutional amendment means that voters rejected such restrictions.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.”

Violations could land a doctor in prison.

Shortly after the law was enacted, a federal court blocked it based on U.S. Supreme Court precedent, including Roe v. Wade.

The preliminary injunction was removed after justices in 2022 struck Roe down.

Jenkins in 2023 entered a new preliminary injunction, finding that the law conflicted with Ohio’s Constitution, which limits the power of Ohio to regulate the purchase of health care.

As the Ohio Supreme Court prepared to rule on an appeal, Ohio voters passed the Reproductive Rights Amendment, which states in part that “Every individual has a right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” including abortion, and that the state shall not interfere with women seeking to exercise that right.

Both state officials and plaintiffs in the case agreed that the amendment meant that the part of the law prohibiting abortions after a heartbeat was detected should not take effect.

The law, known as S.B. 23 or the Human Rights and Heartbeat Protection Act, contained multiple other provisions, including making it a felony to perform an abortion without checking for a heartbeat. That and all other provisions should be unblocked, state officials had argued. Plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, said all the provisions except those unrelated to abortion should be enjoined.

By Zachary Stieber

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