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Ohio, Oklahoma courts rule abortions can continue amid virus

3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago Monday, April 06 2020 Apr 6, 2020 April 06, 2020 4:47 PM April 06, 2020 in News - AP Texas Headlines

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and KEN MILLER
Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Court decisions in two U.S. states Monday allowed abortions to continue after the procedure was caught in the crosshairs of governors’ orders suspending non-essential elective surgeries due to the new coronavirus. The decisions in Ohio and Oklahoma responded to challenges by abortion rights groups. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declined an appeal by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost seeking to reverse a judge’s temporary restraining order allowing abortion facilities in the state to continue performing surgical abortions. In Oklahoma, a judge issued a similar order against the administration, allowing clinics there to resume providing medication and surgical abortions.

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