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TexasTowelie

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Sat Sep 16, 2017, 12:55 PM Sep 2017

Toledo abortion clinic case heard by Ohio Supreme Court

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Government attorneys on Tuesday asked the Ohio Supreme Court to override lower court rulings and uphold the state Health Department's order to shut down Toledo's last abortion clinic.

A lawyer for the clinic told the court that the state is trying to prevent women in northwestern Ohio from seeking legal abortions and is putting them at greater risk.

The case involves one of several restrictions Ohio lawmakers have placed on abortion clinics in recent years.

The Ohio Department of Health issued an order in 2014 to close Capital Care of Toledo because the clinic didn't have a patient-transfer agreement with a local hospital.

Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2017/09/toledo_abortion_clinic_case_he.html

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