Abortion in Ohio

Abortion in Ohio is legal throughout the first six weeks of pregnancy, except in the city of Lebanon, Ohio, where abortion at all stages of pregnancy has been outlawed by local ordinance. The law of Ohio prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detectable, and imposes felony criminal liability on any person who performs or aids or abets an abortion after fetal heartbeat. A federal district judge, however, has temporarily enjoined the state's officials, and the County Prosecutors of Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Franklin, Richland, Mahoning, Montgomery, and Lucas Counties, from enforcing this prohibition against the state's abortion providers.

Abortion in Ohio

Abortion in Ohio is legal throughout the first six weeks of pregnancy, except in the city of Lebanon, Ohio, where abortion at all stages of pregnancy has been outlawed by local ordinance. The law of Ohio prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detectable, and imposes felony criminal liability on any person who performs or aids or abets an abortion after fetal heartbeat. A federal district judge, however, has temporarily enjoined the state's officials, and the County Prosecutors of Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Franklin, Richland, Mahoning, Montgomery, and Lucas Counties, from enforcing this prohibition against the state's abortion providers.