Planned Parenthood has sued to block Ohio’s bill banning most abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected while assuring Ohians that its state clinics are still offering the procedure.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday asks the Ohio Supreme Court to grant an emergency stay and declare unconstitutional Senate Bill 23, which took effect Friday, hours after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
“S.B. 23 has now decimated abortion access in Ohio by banning abortion after detection of embryonic cardiac activity, which occurs at approximately six weeks LMP [last menstrual period] — before many women even know they are pregnant,” said the motion.