Law enforcement in Ohio was aware of the case, Trick added, and they had to go to Indianapolis to retrieve tissue to be tested as part of a sexual assault investigation.
In a prior statement regarding the initial lawsuit, Yost disagreed that the right to an abortion is protected under state law.
“Aside from filing the wrong action in the wrong court, they are wrong as well on Ohio law.
Abortion is not in the Ohio Constitution.”In the wake of the overturning of Roe, 13 states have put laws in place restricting most abortions.
“Many patients broke down in tears in our office,” Sharon Liner, the medical director of Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio, said in the affidavit.