Judge Temporarily Blocks Ohio’s Abortion Ban for 14 Days

Judge Temporarily Blocks Ohio’s Abortion Ban for 14 Days
A pro-life campaigner displays a plastic doll representing a 12-week-old fetus as she stands outside the Marie Stopes Clinic in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on April 7, 2016. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
Caden Pearson
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A judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Ohio from enforcing its heartbeat abortion ban for 14 days amid legal actions. The state’s oldest pro-life group decried the ruling and vowed “Ohio will become abortion free.”

Hamilton County Judge Christian Jenkins issued a temporary 14-day stay against enforcing SB23, commonly known as the “Heartbeat Act,” saying that it “may violate the Ohio Constitution.”

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