Appeals Court Upholds Ohio Down Syndrome Abortion Law

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On Tuesday, a federal appeals court upheld an Ohio law that bans doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome. The ruling, which divided the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversed two earlier decisions that blocked the enforcement of the controversial 2017 legislation. Doctors who perform the procedure on a patient who they know is seeking an abortion due to a Down syndrome diagnosis could face a fourth-degree felony charge, lose their medical license, and be held liable for legal damages.\n

, the executive director of Preterm Cleveland, about Tuesday’s ruling. “No one should be able to make these decisions other than the patients and families we serve.”

Several of the appeals court judges who voted to strike down the ban gave dissenting opinions, including Judge Bernice Donald. “I will call it what it is: the long-arm of the state — wielding the threat of a class-four felony — forcefully reaching into a profoundly intimate conversation between doctor and patient and telling the patient to be silent about her medical history or worse, purposefully lie about it,” she wrote.

 

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How much funding will the the parents get for the special care the child will need? Since they are being forced to keep the baby they should have to financially support them until the day the person dies. You know the “living” human you are all so eager to help and all 🙄

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