COLUMBUS – Ohio s heartbeat bill, one of the nation s most restrictive abortion bans, never took effect.
But 1 in 10 Ohio women thought abortion was illegal in the state anyway, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
While most Ohio women, about 64%, understood abortions are legal in Ohio, another 26.2% weren t sure and 9.8% incorrectly believed all abortions were illegal in the state, according to an eight-month review of the Ohio Survey of Women led by Ohio State University professor of epidemiology Maria Gallo.
A disproportionate number of women from certain demographics incorrectly believed abortion was illegal in Ohio: those who were younger, of lower socioeconomic status, unmarried or Black.
Amid heartbeat bill fight, Ohio women were confused about legality of abortion
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Though Ohio never formally enacted a so-called heartbeat bill banning abortions after six weeks of gestation, legislative and legal actions appear to have fueled beliefs that abortion is illegal in the state, a new study has found.
One in 10 Ohio women surveyed for the study thought abortion was prohibited. The percentage with that belief increased from 5% to 16% during the study period, corresponding to sustained activity to limit abortions from fall of 2018 through summer of 2019. The study appears in the
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Maria Gallo, the study s lead author and a professor of epidemiology at The Ohio State University, said repeated legislative attempts at extreme restrictions on abortion, the veto by one governor and support of another, and court actions on the legislation were confusing, even to her.
One in 10 Ohio women thought abortion illegal amid attempts to ban at 6 weeks
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