Ohio State Budget Abortion Restrictions

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by blueiris10

There doesn't seem to be much about this issue flying around the internet, so I thought I'd bring the Greek community's attention to it.

Here's some highlights from the coverage from the Huffington Post:

"The budget also included several controversial anti-abortion measures, including one that will force any woman seeking an abortion to undergo a trans-abdominal ultrasound."

I'm pro life with a few exceptions (rape, incest, life of the mother), so I'm cool with this.

"Opponents of the new abortion restriction said that three clinics in Ohio would likely close now that the measure is implemented."

"Rape crisis clinics are also in jeopardy, thanks to passage of the new budget. If these clinics are caught counseling sexual assault victims about abortion, they could lose their public funding"

This is a shame though.

"And if a woman is able to obtain an abortion in Ohio and develops some sort of medical issue during the procedure, clinics will no longer be allowed to transfer these patients to public hospitals for additional care. In the midst of a crisis, these patients must find a private hospital to help them."

No. Why a private hospital? It's called calling 911 and medics will take that person to the closest trauma center, private or otherwise. I wouldn't want an abortion clinic responsible for taking a woman to a hospital in an emergency situation in the first place. They do not have the mobile care abilities that an ambulance does.

"Despite protests at the Ohio Statehouse last week, the new anti-abortion measures were approved when the governor failed to veto them."

That comes as no surprise from a conservative republican.

Like I said, I'm mostly pro-life and even though I'm not a fan of Kasich's, I'm an Ohio resident who is fine with these restrictions.

[squirrely girl]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

Like I said, I'm mostly pro-life and even though I'm not a fan of Kasich's, I'm an Ohio resident who is fine with these restrictions.

I'm an Ohio resident as well... other than military service after high school, I have been my entire life.

I'm not okay with this tripe in any way.

The biggest problem with the transfer agreements is that previous Ohio law requires a transfer agreement to be in place... and now the law is written such that public hospitals aren't allowed to enter into those agreements. It's a backhanded way to shut down clinics... particularly when the profound majority of private hospitals have Catholic affiliations. For a college frame of reference this is like a degree plan that requires a course to graduate, but the school doesn't actually offer the course.