Planned Parenthood & ACLU File Lawsuit with Ohio Supreme Court to Block Heartbeat Bill

COLUMBUS—Earlier this morning, pro-abortion groups including Preterm-Cleveland, Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, Planned Parenthood Greater Ohio, Women’s Med Group Professional Corporation, Northeast Ohio Women’s Center, and Toledo Women’s Center, filed a lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court to overturn the Heartbeat Bill, which protects unborn babies from being aborted once a heartbeat is detected, and to enshrine a right to abortion in the Ohio Constitution.

The lawsuit comes just five days after the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion, and overturned Roe and Casey.

The following statement is from Center for Christian Virtue President Aaron Baer.

"The ACLU and Planned Parenthood are trying to create an abortion mandate in the Ohio Constitution out of thin air. To suggest our state Constitution requires that abortion clinics are able to destroy unborn life is foolish and dangerous.

"Abortion activists have comprised a deadly concoction of disjointed and unrelated phrases from the Ohio Constitution to justify their nonsensical actions. Center for Christian Virtue is grateful to have Attorney General Dave Yost serving the state to defend the law and defeat this harmful lawsuit.

"Over the last 20 years, no serious legal scholar—even pro-abortion legal scholars—have attempted to claim that abortion is mandated under the state Constitution. The truth is, the abortion industry has lost the debate amongst the voters, now they're hoping for a bailout from the State Supreme Court. The Court must swiftly reject this case."

Read the lawsuit here.

For more information, contact CCV at 513-733-5775 or info@ccv.org.

As Ohio’s largest Christian public policy organization, Center for Christian Virtue seeks the good of our neighbors by advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the Gospel. 

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