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06/25/2022

Ohio's 'Heartbeat' Law Now in Effect

The rule went into effect hours after SCOTUS' reversal of Roe v. Wade

A ban on most abortions at the first detectable fetal heartbeat became the law in Ohio on Friday following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Enforcement of Ohio’s 2019 “heartbeat” ban had been on hold for nearly three years under a federal court injunction. The state attorney general, Republican Dave Yost, asked for that to be dissolved because of the high court’s ruling, and a federal judge agreed hours later.

Governor DeWine signed an executive order late Friday night for the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to adopt rules under the Heartbeat law "specifying the appropriate methods of performing an examination for the purpose of determining the presence of a fetal heartbeat of an unborn individual based on standard medical practice."  

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