Ohio attorney general faces backlash over 'non-essential' abortion ban amid coronavirus outbreak

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Ohio attorney general faces backlash over 'non-essential' abortion ban amid coronavirus outbreak
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'Peoples' needs must always come first, especially at a time like this,' said the president of a nonprofit which opposes abortion restrictions.

that"several facilities" which the attorney general's office said it had received complaints about, had been ordered to stop"non-essential" abortion care.

The decision to deem abortion care a"non-essential" service, Hogue warned, could have a detrimental impact on countless women in the state. "Medical care shouldn't be determined by politicians pushing their own self-serving agenda," Hogue asserted, adding,"Peoples' needs must always come first, especially at a time like this. It's alarming to see the lengths they will go to in an effort to deny us our fundamental freedoms, and we refuse to stand by as they put dangerous ideology above the collective health and well-being of Ohioans.

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