Ohio Sued Over Law Requiring Burial of Aborted Baby Remains

Abortion providers in Ohio sued to block a state law requiring that fetal remains from surgical abortions be cremated or buried, arguing a lack of rules makes complying "impossible." Clinics and their lawyers at ACLU of Ohio filed suit against the Ohio Department of Health and others in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. They asked the court to block the law as an unconstitutional hurdle to women's legal right to an abortion. "We file this complaint to ensure that we are not vulnerable to severe sanctions, fines and penalties, including potential license revocation, during this interim period," the plaintiffs said in a statement. "Given the history of aggressive enforcement by the State against abortion providers in the past, we have no choice but to take this matter to court." Read more...


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