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Maeve

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Wed Jul 3, 2019, 02:56 PM

Jul 2019

A federal judge today blocked Ohio’s “heartbeat” abortion ban from taking effect.

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Barrett of Cincinnati issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday afternoon preventing the law from taking effect on July 11.

The law would have prevented physicians from performing abortions in Ohio once a fetal heartbeat could be detected, generally around six weeks of pregnancy.

Barrett wrote that the abortion providers who challenged the law were “certain to succeed on the merits” given U.S. Supreme Court precedents such as the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.

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Federal Judge Blocks Ohio heartbeat bill from taking effect [View all] Ohiogal Jul 2019 OP

From the article Maeve Jul 2019 #1

can we clean up SCOTUS before it gets there? Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2019 #7

Good. irisblue Jul 2019 #2

Amen, irisblue. Ohiogal Jul 2019 #4

K & R 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2019 #3

I' m so very glad to read this welcome news, my dear Ohiogal! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2019 #5

Me too, Peggy. Ohiogal Jul 2019 #6

AG Yost will appeal irisblue Jul 2019 #8

They all disgust me. Ohiogal Jul 2019 #9