Researchers from several Ohio universities have found that state laws that regulate abortion services are “harmful” to patients and make it harder for those patients to receive proper care.
“Overall, the challenges Ohio’s waiting period and two-appointment requirements create result in lasting burdens, especially economic hardship for those seeking abortion care"
When it comes to the requirement that patients wait 24 hours before having an abortion, the study showed that “24 hours is almost never just 24 hours, as waiting period and two-appointment requirements significantly delay abortion care.” From Yost’s perspective, though the 24-hour waiting period is the requirement, the fact that it takes longer for patients to receive care is not the state’s fault, but the fault of the providers and patients.
Interviews with patients showed “psychosocial burdens” when it came to the required minimum of two in-person appointments, including multiple interactions with anti-abortion rights protesters outside clinics. Survey participants for the study were Ohio residents who had sought abortion services in the state between 2020 and 2021. Of those, almost 30% said the two-appointment requirement “was a challenge to navigate.”
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