The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of Preterm-Cleveland, Inc., asserting that the abortion amendments added to Ohio’s budget bill, H.B. 59, violate the one subject rule. see Canton Repository article .
One of the amendments in question bans public hospitals from making transfer agreements with abortion clinics. Another requires clinics to follow a government script when dealing with patients and to present those patients with evidence of a fetal heartbeat before performing an abortion or face criminal charges. A third amendment creates a new state “parenting and pregnancy” program that siphons state money directly into private organizations that are forbidden from mentioning abortion services.
The case is Preterm-Cleveland, Inc. v. Kasich, Cuyahoga Common Pleas Docket Number CV-13-815214.
