Wed May 10, 2023 – 5:16 pm EDT
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio (LifeSiteNews) – The attorneys general of 18 states have declared their support for an Ohio law banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, urging a judge to reverse a temporary block on its enforcement.
The 2018 law bans abortions starting around six weeks for any reason except to prevent death or “irreversible damage” to the mother. Without it, abortion is legal up to 20 weeks in the Buckeye State.
It took effect soon after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, but was hit with a temporary injunction by another judge, which has since been appealed to the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. The Ohio Supreme Court will also be reviewing the order.
The Daily Caller reports that the top law enforcement officials of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia have now filed an amicus brief in Hamilton County supporting the pro-life law.
“Amici’s experience extends to one of the issues now before this Court: whether abortion providers have third-party standing to vindicate a
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