A little more than two months into enforcement of Ohio’s harsh abortion restrictions, doctors are describing scenes of almost unimaginable anguish — and increased risks to women and girls who become pregnant.
CLEVELAND — The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.
Some Republican leaders — including Attorney General Dave Yost and U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan — raised doubts last month about the existence of a pregnant Ohio 10-year-old who was forced by the law to leave the state for an abortion. But as with that case, one Cleveland doctor who handles high-risk pregnancies last week said the scenarios listed above are all too real.
Now that predicted problems from the law are becoming reality, Malhotra doesn’t buy the idea that supporters of S.B. 23 didn’t intend them in the first place. “Nobody has any real guidance because none of these laws have been tested in the courts and the framework by which they would have previously been assessed is no longer in play,” said Maria Phillis, an OB-GYN who also works in Northeast Ohio. “What falls under these exceptions is not totally clear.”
“Having a patient say that to you is devastating in and of itself. But as we made the decision to move forward with the termination — with the abortion — I thought, ‘I’m really worried about this patient. She’s incredibly sick, but did I do all the paperwork correctly? Did I sign all the forms that need to be signed? What kind of trouble am I going to get into if something untoward happens when the patient is already extremely unstable.
“In general, Governor DeWine believes Ohio law has strong protections to ensure we protect the lives of pregnant women who experience pregnancy complications that endanger the life of the mother,” Tierney said in an email. “The law lists some specific conditions, but is broad enough to cover other non-specified conditions that meet the definitions under law and allow for doctors to provide a strong standard of care.
Malhotra, who handles the diciest cases, says that in them, her first step is to call the lawyers and discuss her plan, a process that typically takes three to five minutes. Malhotra described what happens with one kind of complication that triggers the 24-hour protocol and the paperwork that brings. Ultimately, all the paperwork has the effect of shaming women who must end their pregnancies to protect themselves, Malhotra said.
Phillis, the Northeast Ohio OB-GYN, said any pregnancy is risky, so it can make little medical sense to require a woman to carry one to term if the baby has no chance of survival.
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