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Editor: Margaret Ryznar
Indiana University
Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Ohio law protecting babies with Down syndrome from abortion challenged in court

From Life Site

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio, heard arguments Wednesday over an Ohio law banning abortions on babies based on a Down syndrome diagnosis.
Abortion supporters brought the legal challenge soon after Governor John Kasich (R) signed it into law in 2017.
Ben Flowers, arguing on behalf of the state of Ohio, said the law sends a message that these abortions “are so heinous and so inhumane that doctors can go to jail and lose their licenses” for committing them.

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