130. The Precarious State of Medication Abortion Access in Ohio

On episode 130, Dan talks with Dr. Danielle Bessett of the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network and Morgan Mitchell of the Abortion Fund of Ohio about the state of changing abortion access in Ohio, and especially medication abortion. The conversation includes pending legal cases that stand to increase health disparities throughout Ohio, two consequential elections--in August and November--designed by their architects to ignore the will of a majority of Ohioans who support basic abortion rights, and the reaction of the medical community to this incursion into patient-provider decision-making.

Learn more about the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network. Read OPEN’s one sheet on medication abortion here.

Learn more about the Abortion Fund of Ohio, including resources on access and legal support.

Follow Dr. Danielle Bessett on Twitter.

Follow Morgan Mitchell on Twitter.

Listen to past Prognosis Ohio episodes on the topic of abortion, with Prof. B. Jessie Hill and Dr. and Rep. Anita Somani.

In the introduction, Dan mentions the horrible case of a 10 year old Ohioan forced to seek an abortion in Indiana because of barriers to abortion care in Ohio. Read about it here, including the Ohio Attorney General’s false claim that it might not have been true. You can read the Ohio Capital Journal’s take on Secretary Frank LaRose’s admission that the August and November elections are actually not about protecting the Ohio Constitution, but “100% about” restricting abortion access.

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