Two abortion facilities lose in Ohio Supreme Court decision

The Ohio Supreme Court dealt a legal blow to two Ohio abortion facilities today, overturning lower court rulings. These dangerous facilities have injured and even killed women. According to Cleveland.com, one abortion facility was seeking to overturn the closure of its facility due to violations of the state’s law regarding abortion facility transfer agreements, and the other facility was seeking to challenge the law itself.

Ruling against Capital Care Network – Toledo, OH

In the case of Capital Care Network of Toledo v. Dept. of Health, the Ohio Supreme Court sided with the Ohio Department of Health in its decision to close the Capital Care abortion facility. The Washington Post reports:

According to Court documents, the facility’s transfer agreement with the University of Toledo Medical Center expired on July 31, 2013, but upon the Ohio Department of Health’s inspection on August 1, 2013, the facility “had neither a written transfer agreement nor a written plan for complying with Ohio Adm.Code 3701-83-19(E),” and the following day, the ODH director “issued notice of his intent to revoke and refuse to renew Capital Care’s health care facility license.” But the facility was not closed. And instead of seeking a variance or waiver, Capital Care simply ignored its need for a transfer agreement, in violation of the law, until January 20, 2014, when it obtained an agreement with a non-local facility — also a violation of the law.

The Court found:

1st Trimester Surgical Abortion: Suction (Aspiration) D & C

According to LifeNews.com, an April 2017 inspection at Capital Care found “five serious violations identified by the Department of Health” after a patient’s uterus and bowel were perforated during a first-trimester abortion:

Ruling against Preterm – Cleveland, OH

The Court also ruled against Preterm, an abortion facility in Cleveland, Ohio, which killed 22-year-old Lakisha Wilson with its negligence in 2014, and recently embarked on a billboard campaign extolling the supposed “virtues” of abortion. The Washington Post notes: