COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A suburban Cincinnati abortion clinic said Tuesday it will remain legally open as it appeals the first state closure order issued under newly imposed restrictions on such facilities.
In a letter Friday, the Ohio Department of Health ordered the Lebanon Road Surgery Center of Sharonville closed after it was unable to secure a required patient transfer agreement with a hospital. Such agreements are required under state law but were made unattainable to abortion clinics in the last state budget.
