US court lifts hold on Ohio's Down syndrome abortion law

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A divided federal appeals court lifted the hold Tuesday on an Ohio law that prohibits doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome, a case considered nationally pivotal.

Judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals narrowly ruled to reverse two earlier decisions blocking enforcement of the 2017 law based on the likely success of overturning it as unconstitutional.

A majority of the court, which has moved rightward in recent years with six appointments by former President Donald Trump, said the law doesn’t impede a woman’s right to an abortion.

The majority said Planned Parenthood and several other abortion providers represented by the American Civil Liberties Union erred in basing their case on a woman’s “absolute right” to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb, because that right is neither absolute nor germane to the case.

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By JULIE CARR SMYTH
2 hours ago


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ohio-abortion-down-syndrome-courts-d9da3bbd49db2d3369a9e9f154383c8f

[roamer65]

1. Sounds like a garbage ruling.

Is PP appealing the case?

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Are women equal citizens or just to be used to bear both children and the costs of medical care?

[JohnnyRingo]

3. So as long as a woman doesn't base her decision on Down Syndrome...

...she can go ahead with a termination procedure?

This was just a bullshit show law to bolster the religious base.
They all want to be the ones who take it to the Supreme Court.

[vsrazdem]

4. I don't see how this is going to work. If you get your test results with 1 doctor,

you can still go somewhere else for an abortion. All you have to do is refuse to allow your test results to be released, as it would be a HIPAA violation if they do.

[Mr.Bill]

5. I didn't think a woman had to

give a reason for having an abortion.

[stuffmatters]

6. Repub sadomisogyny per usual

[Lithos]

7. This is stupid and so easily abused

But to those who say you can move from one doctor to another - insurance unfortunately will tie you together.

However, what gets me - Downs is the least impactful Trisomy (Trisomy 21). Other Trisomy issues (Trisomy 18 - Edwards Syndrome), (Trisomy 13 - Patau), (Mosaic Trisomy 16), etc. Have far more significant issues.

[mahina]

8. Fuckers

[jmowreader]

9. So let me guess...

No one in the Ohio legislature ever heard of a Greyhound bus.

$150 will get you from anywhere in Ohio to either Pittsburgh or Detroit, both of which have Planned Parenthood affiliates. That’s round trip.

If you own or have a friend with a working car either city is less than a day’s drive from anywhere in Ohio.

Do they next plan to make it illegal for anyone found pregnant to cross a state line?