COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the state’s challenge to a judge’s order that’s blocked enforcement of Ohio’s near-ban on abortions for the past 14 months.
The ruling moves action in the case back to Hamilton County Common Pleas, where abortion clinics asked Judge Christian Jenkins this week to throw out the law — a ban on most abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected — following the decision of the voters to approve enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution.
The high court on Friday said the appeal was “dismissed due to a change in the law.”
Ohio woman criminally charged after a miscarriage shows the perils of pregnancy post-Roe
COLUMBUS (AP) — A Black Ohio woman who miscarried in her bathroom has been charged with abuse of a corpse.
Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, awaits grand jury action.
Her case has sparked a national firestorm over the plight of pregnant women, especially women of color, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Supporters have rallied around Watts and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump elevated her plight on X.
Police say Watts tried to plunge the contents of her miscarriage and left the fetus stuck in the pipes.
Her attorney says Watts is being demonized for a common natural occurrence.