- Prohibit abortion clinics from entering agreements with public hospitals or with doctors affiliated with public hospitals. These agreements to transfer patients in medical distress are required by State law, so without them many clinics will be forced to close.
- Block funding for rape crisis centers from going to organizations that refer women to facilities that provide abortions.
- Effectively blocks federal family planning funds from going to family planning providers, putting them last in a prioritized list of recipients.
Ohio anti-woman budget attracting national attention
Yesterday, in a party-line vote, Republicans in the Ohio Senate adopted a two-year budget that includes a number of policy provisions aimed at limiting women’s constitutional right to abortion, and in the process, depriving funds to family planning organizations including those with nothing to do with abortions.
(See how your Senator voted on the budget)
House Bill 59 passed 23-10 and contained language that would: