Preterm-Cleveland v. David Yost

After hearing oral argument on October 7, 2022, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas granted our request for a preliminary injunction, temporarily blocking the State from enforcing the ban while the case continues. The state has since appealed the preliminary injunction and the appeal is currently before the Supreme Court of Ohio, as to the questions of its jurisdiction over the appeal of a preliminary injunction and the plaintiffs’ standing.

The reproductive rights organizations and WilmerHale filed the lawsuit on behalf of Preterm-Cleveland, Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, Women’s Med Group Professional Corporation, Northeast Ohio Women’s Center d/b/a Toledo Women’s Center, and Dr. Sharon Liner, an individual abortion provider, to protect the right to abortion in Ohio under the Ohio Constitution.

Banning abortion for women and anyone that needs abortion care disproportionately harms people of color, those struggling to make ends meet, young people, rural residents, immigrants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ communities. If abortion is banned in Ohio, Black women and other people of color will bear the brunt of the harm it inflicts. These communities already face a severe maternal mortality crisis that is worse in states that ban abortion.

The reproductive rights organizations involved are committed to pursuing every possible option to protect reproductive freedom and ensure the ban is declared unconstitutional and the State is permanently enjoined from enforcing it. The fight for abortion access is far from over.