COLUMBUS (AP) — Court decisions in Ohio and Oklahoma Monday allowed abortions to continue after the procedure was caught in the crosshairs of governors’ orders suspending non-essential elective surgeries due to the new coronavirus.
The decisions responded to challenges by abortion rights groups.
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declined an appeal by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost seeking to reverse a judge’s temporary restraining order allowing abortion facilities in the state to continue performing surgical abortions.
In Oklahoma, a judge issued a similar order against the administration, allowing clinics there to resume providing medication and surgical abortions.