Abortion is banned at six weeks of pregnancy, except in cases of life endangerment or severely compromised physical health.The patient will be offered the option to view the image. Most patients will undergo an ultrasound before obtaining an abortion, since the provider must test for a fetal heartbeat.Public funding is available for abortion only in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest.The parent of a minor must consent before an abortion is provided.Medication abortion must be provided using the FDA protocol.Abortion is covered in insurance policies for public employees only in cases of life endangerment, rape or incest.
Health plans offered in the state’s health exchange under the Affordable Care Act can only cover abortion in cases of life endangerment, or in cases of rape or incest.Counseling must be provided in person and must take place before the waiting period begins, thereby necessitating two trips to the facility. A patient must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage the patient from having an abortion, and then wait 24 hours before the procedure is provided.In Ohio, the following restrictions on abortion were in effect as of June 28, 2022: In 2017, some 93% of Ohio counties had no clinics that provided abortions, and 55% of Ohio women lived in those counties.Of patients who had an abortion in 2014, one-third had to travel more than 25 miles one way to reach a facility. Some 38% of reproductive-age women lived in those counties and would have had to travel elsewhere to obtain an abortion. counties had no clinics providing abortions. These numbers represent a 25% decline in clinics from 2014, when there were 17 abortion-providing facilities overall, of which 12 were clinics. There were 14 facilities providing abortion in Ohio in 2017, and 9 of those were clinics.Sixty percent of all abortions were provided at abortion clinics, 35% at nonspecialized clinics, 3% at hospitals and 1% at physicians' offices. Sixteen percent of facilities in 2017 were abortion clinics (i.e., clinics where more than half of all patient visits were for abortion), 35% were nonspecialized clinics, 33% were hospitals and 16% were private physicians' offices. In 2017, there were 1,587 facilities providing abortion in the United States, representing a 5% decrease from the 1,671 facilities in 2014.Abortions in Ohio represent 2.4% of all abortions in the United States. There was a a 9% decline in the abortion rate in Ohio between 20, from 10.3 to 9.4 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. In 2017, 20,630 abortions were provided in Ohio, though not all abortions that occurred in Ohio were provided to state residents: Some patients may have traveled from other states, and some Ohio residents may have traveled to another state for an abortion.
The resulting abortion rate of 13.5 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15–44) represents an 8% decrease from the 2014 rate of 14.6.
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