It is the latest state to use concerns over limited medical supplies to crack down on abortion.
patients, a number of states are ordering health care facilities to cancel elective procedures, such as cosmetic surgery, to preserve vital resources.On Friday, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sent letters to three of the state’s abortion clinics,to stop providing “non-essential surgical abortions,” which it defined as those that could be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of a patient.
Other states that have prohibited elective procedures during the coronavirus outbreak, such as Massachusetts, Washington State and Michigan, exempted abortion services. It is unclear if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order prohibiting nonessential, elective medical procedures includes abortion. His office did not respond to a request for comment.
“Abortion is an essential component of comprehensive health care. It is also a time-sensitive service for which a delay of several weeks, or in some cases days, may increase the risks or potentially make it completely inaccessible,” it said in a statement. “The consequences of being unable to obtain an abortion profoundly impact a person’s life, health, and well-being.”
There’s plenty of research on what happens when women are stopped from accessing abortion. The longer they have to wait, the In a statement, the Abortion Care Reality Project said it was shameful that elected officials were attempting to hijack the coronavirus pandemic to continue their politically motivated attacks on abortion.
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