Ohio Supreme Court Dismisses State's Challenge to Abortion Ban Order

Case moves back to Hamilton County Common Pleas as clinics seek to permanently block the ban following recent constitutional amendment.

The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed the state's challenge to a judge's order that has blocked enforcement of Ohio's near-ban on abortions for the past 14 months.
The case has been moved back to Hamilton County Common Pleas, where abortion clinics asked Judge Christian Jenkins this week to throw out the law following voters' decision to approve enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution.
The high court said the appeal was 'dismissed due to a change in the law.'
Abortion clinics have asked for the abortion ban to be permanently blocked following the amendment Ohio voters approved last month that ensures access to abortion and other reproductive health care.
The abortion providers asked the lower court that initially blocked the ban to permanently strike it down, citing Attorney General Dave Yost's own legal analysis that stated that passage of the amendment would invalidate the state's six-week ban.