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Yes on One & No to California

8/2/2023

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Dear Friends,

If you have not yet heard, on July 25th, the Ohio Secretary of State certified that Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom had submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures from a sufficient number of counties to go on the November 7th ballot.

This is disappointing, but not surprising news. They paid big bucks to fly in out-of-state professional signature gatherers and they have been misleading Ohio voters again and again about their proposal. Our coalition will continue to review their signatures (a large number of which were tossed out by the local boards of election) for discrepancies with the potential to exercise aggressive legal action. There are also other pending legal challenges. That said, we have been operating with the understanding that they would make it to the November ballot.

I have plenty to say about the NOvember election, but before that, I want to talk about the upcoming August special election. If you have not yet voted, I hope you will join us in voting yes. If you are voting early at your local county board of elections location: awesome. If you plan to vote in person on Tuesday, August 8th, check your polling place—some polling locations have moved. Either way, get out and vote YES, and ask your friends and neighbors to join you.

While there is a movement to paint the August election as being only about abortion (and certainly we need pro-family and pro-life voices to show up in record numbers), it is actually about much, much more than that.

I know, because I have been working to elevate what it takes to amend Ohio’s Constitution for nearly two decades. A constitution should be a foundational document that directs the basic function of government and secures the fundamental rights of its citizens. It should not be an instrument by which organizations and entities exempt themselves from the revision, public hearings, and legal and fiscal scrutiny that are part of the legislative process.

It is important to note that Ohioans have three ways of exercising legislative powers: by electing members of the General Assembly, by the initiative power to amend our Revised Code, and by referendum to repeal (most) laws enacted by the General Assembly. These are all mechanisms that have been used in recent years in Ohio (for example, the indoor smoking ban and the repeal of SB5—the public employee bargaining law). Nothing in Issue 1 would impact those checks on Ohio’s General Assembly, Governor, or other statewide elected officials. If you have questions, I’ve put together a backgrounder that you might find useful.

The August election will require a 60% majority before amending our founding document, rather than a 50%+1; it will require that signatures be gathered from every county instead of just half of them; and it will make ballot initiative campaigns meet the same standards as candidates for political office in order to qualify –  no do-overs that benefit campaigns that rely on paid signature-gathering.

At the end of the day, it is simple. There are only 18 states in the entire country that permit their constitution to be amended via an initiative process, and of those—Ohio is the second easiest, behind only California.

With the advent of modern campaigns—technology, funding, and media, Ohio and Ohio politics are not the same in 2023 as they were in 1912, and Ohio voters should acknowledge that and take steps to protect our Constitution. Even most of the major opposing groups, like the Ohio Democratic party and the ACLU require a 60% or more vote to amend their own constitutions and bylaws.

More critically, in recent years, Ohioans have seen increasing numbers of out-of-touch and out-of-state extremists trying to enshrine their woke policies and their profits into our Constitution. Efforts to further increase energy prices; make meat, milk, and eggs more expensive for Ohio families; decriminalize use and possession of dangerous drugs like the date rape drug; set an anti-business climate; target law enforcement and firefighters; repeal second amendment rights, and destroy families and life are all current or recent proposed Ohio Constitutional Amendments.

Ohioans should have robust policy discussions —including on matters like animal welfare standards, criminal sentencing reform, minimum wage, qualified immunity, self-defense, and parental rights. But language set in stone with no possibility for amendment (outside another amendment to the Constitution), debated via misleading political ads is not the way to hold those conversations, and enshrinement in Ohio’s Constitution is not the appropriate place for complex and nuanced policy.

I live about a mile from the Ohio Statehouse, and my community has been decimated by the woke policies and ideologies that Columbus City Council has imported from California. The results have been devastating for the poor, working, and middle class of Columbus. Whether it is driving past the now permanent homeless camps along Parsons Avenue, picking up used needles and prophylactics during neighborhood cleanups, seeing small businesses and storefronts closing in the wake of crime waves, and stepping over human feces left on the public sidewalk as I walk into my church, Columbus’ woke agenda is on its way to making my city as unlivable as San Francisco. These people and their cronies want to force the same failed policies into our Constitution.
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We have an opportunity on August 8th to protect our Constitution, protect our state, and protect our children by voting yes on Issue 1.

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Note: scenes like these have become the norm in downtown Columbus. These were taken at 5:00 pm on a Sunday evening. ALL people in Columbus deserve better.
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City Extends Unethical Contract

4/25/2023

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COLUMBUS – Columbus City Council has announced a plan to extend its $26,500 contract with Pro-Choice Ohio (formerly NARAL Ohio) to investigate pregnancy help centers in the Columbus area.
The following can be attributed to GCRTL Executive Director Beth Vanderkooi.

"Last July, City Council pushed through an abortion slush fund of more than $1,000,000. Included in that was $26,500 to Pro-Choice Ohio, an abortion lobbying group, for the sham purpose of investigating pregnancy centers. This highly questionable waste of taxpayer funds was pushed through with no advance notice or hearings right as City Council went on recess.”

Giving Pro-Choice Ohio government authority and funding to investigate pregnancy centers is highly unethical and creates an obvious conflict of interest.”

"Pregnancy centers and churches across Ohio continue to face violence and threats from unhinged abortion advocacy groups, and this is exacerbated by the reckless decisions and political bias of politicians who should know better."

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The measure is sponsored by Columbus Council Members Lourdes Barroso De Padilla and Shayla Favor. To contact City Council members to ask that they not extend this ridiculous contract, visit the City Council website and send a brief but respectful note.
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House Budget Keeps Support for Pregnant Women, Adoption

4/18/2023

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​House Budget Amendments Keep Support for Pregnant Women, Adoption

As the State Budget continues to be debated by the legislature, Members of the Ohio House of Representatives unveiled amendments to Governor DeWine’s State Budget. Two items we have been keeping an eye on – funding for the Ohio Parenting and Pregnancy (OPP) program and funding for the Ohio Adoption Credit have been retained.

The House updated version of the budget can be found here (warning – big file) and maintains $7 million for the OPP program and $15 million for the Adoption Credit.

Numerous other components are in the State Budget, including proposed changes to the tax code and school funding. For example, the proposal would eliminate state income taxes for Ohioans earning less than $26,5000 and expand Ohio’s Ed Choice school voucher to families making 400% of the federal poverty level (up from 250%, or about $120,000 a year for a family of 4).

What is OPP?
The Ohio Parenting and Pregnancy Program (ORC Section 5101.804) is created through the state operating budget and funded through discretionary TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) dollars. This funding allows pregnancy centers across the state to increase their capacity to provide comprehensive counseling, mentoring, and support throughout the entire pregnancy and for up to one year following the birth of the baby.

Organizations that provide services for pregnant women (and parents or other relatives caring for children twelve months of age or younger) that both promote childbirth, parenting, and alternatives to abortion, and meet one or more of the four purposes of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant are eligible to apply.

Ohio has approximately 200 pregnancy help centers that assist women who are pregnant. They are in rural, suburban, and urban communities, and they outnumber abortion providers 18-1.

They provide parenting classes, referrals for access to prenatal care and other medical and mental health or addiction support services, as well as material needs through the first year of their babies' lives.

In order to qualify for the program, an organization must be a private, not-for-profit entity, whose primary purpose is to promote childbirth, rather than abortion, through counseling and other services, including parenting and adoption support. The organization must provide services to pregnant women and parents or other relatives caring for children twelve months of age or younger, including clothing, counseling, diapers, food, furniture, health care, parenting classes, postpartum recovery, shelter, and any other supportive services, programs, or related outreach, and programs have to be provided at no charge. Participating entities cannot be involved in or associated with any abortion activities, including providing abortion counseling or referrals to abortion clinics, performing abortion-related medical procedures, or engaging in pro-abortion advertising. Finally, they cannot discriminate in its provision of services on the basis of race, religion, color, age, marital status, national origin, disability, or gender.

What is the Ohio Adoption Grant Program?
The Ohio Adoption Grant Program is part of Governor DeWine’s Bold Beginnings program. Ohioans who adopt can apply for a $10,000 one-time payment. Those who adopt a child they’ve been fostering can apply for a $15,000 one-time payment. If the child has one or more special needs (as defined in the law) prior to the adoption finalization, the parent can apply for a one-time payment of $20,000.

If you are interested in learning more about either of these programs, you can follow the appropriate links or contact our office for more information.
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If you would like to reach out to your State Representative to ask he or she continue to support these programs, you can do so here.
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Judge Blocks FDA Approval of Abortion Drug

4/8/2023

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On Friday, a Federal Judge issued an order suspending the FDA’s approval of the drug Mifepristone. Mifepristone is one of the drugs commonly used in the abortion pill regimen. It works by blocking progesterone in a woman’s body, effectively suffocating and starving the unborn body. The court decision does not impact misoprostol, which is the second medicine in the regimen. Misoprostol is used to induce contractions to expel the fetal remains. It is also sometimes used to help women to complete a miscarriage or to remove other uterine content. The judge’s decision will not impact the use of misoprostol.

The decision is scheduled to take effect in seven days, and it is not ordering a permanent blocking of the medicine, just a suspension while the case plays out.

However, attorneys general from 17 abortion-friendly states and Washington DC had filed a second lawsuit advancing the abortion pill. Shortly after the Texas decision was announced, the judge in that Washington case issued an order blocking enforcement of the Texas decision in the states that are party to the second lawsuit. Moreover, later that evening the Biden administration announced an appeal of the Texas lawsuit, as has the drug manufacturer.

What does this mean?
Well, it means that by next Friday it will be illegal to provide mifepristone in 33 states, including Ohio, unless the Biden administration is successful in its appeal of the Texas decision.  This is likely to be an ongoing and contentious battle. Already abortion advocacy groups are releasing their plans to provide the abortion medicine despite the decision, and a member of Congress recently shocked the nation by suggesting that the Biden administration should just determine that the court order is illegitimate and ignore it.

We’ll continue to monitor this case and share updates.

Background
Four health care organizations and four doctors have sued the FDA, claiming that its approval of the chemical abortion drug was illegally approved and that the FDA failed to meet its legal obligation to protect girls and women. The suit claims that the FDA specifically neglected to study the effects of hormone disruption on minors and ignored data from the U.S. and internationally that showed the danger of chemical abortion drugs. The AHM v FDA case only relates to mifepristone in the two-drug regimen for abortion.
 
What you should know:
 
The FDA failed to review the safety of the abortion pill regimen.
  • The rate of chemical abortion related emergency room visits has gone up more than 500% since Mifepristone was approved. NOTE: Ohio does not currently require hospitals and emergency rooms to report adverse effects that send women to the ER after the abortion pill. Ohio law does require that if the abortion pill providing physician knowns of an adverse impact, including an ER visit, that it be reported to the Ohio Medical Board.
  • Peer reviewed research from the Lozier Institute found a 53% greater risk for chemical abortions than surgical abortions.
 
The FDA made a decision based on politics, not science and facts
  • DIY abortion were approved on an expedited fast-track process, citing pregnancy as an “illness.”
  • The FDA did not require studies on minor girls before approving the regimen – in violation of its own laws.
  • The FDA approved telehealth provision of abortion drugs in 2021, which fails to screen women for conditions like ectopic pregnancies and other conditions that could put them at risk.
 
The FDA made a reckless decision to allow abortion pills by mail, and it puts women and girls at risk
  • More than 60% of women who have abortions report being pressured to have an abortion. Without an in-person visit, women and girls can’t be screened for coercion or abuse. This is even more of a risk when an abuser may be in the room, just off the sight of the computer.
  • Pills by mail also make it easier for women to take the abortion pill unknowingly, by being slipped a pill by a partner or parent when they refuse to consent to abortion. 
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Support DEA Telemed Changes

3/24/2023

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The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has proposed a rule change that would limit the telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances when the physician and patient do not have an existing relationship. While this rule is largely aimed at reducing the potential of abuse for opioids in today’s era of overdoses, addiction, and trafficking, it will also have the effect of prohibiting assisted suicide drugs from being provided to a patient via telemedicine.


The assisted-suicide lobby took advantage of the pandemic to increase access to assisted suicide in several ways. While this is not a complete solution, it is an opportunity to provide some additional safeguards.


The proposed rule will have a comment period through March 31, 2023, and public comments make a difference. Hundreds of pro-death lobby individuals have commented on the proposed rule change in opposition to the changes. If you would like to learn more about or comment in support of the rule change, you can do so here. We are providing suggested language below that you can use (or write your own) if you would like to comment in support of this proposed change.


As a quick reminder – anything you post as a comment to a rule becomes public information. Please keep this in mind when commenting – do not include private information and remain professional and respectful.


https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/01/2023-04248/telemedicine-prescribing-of-controlled-substances-when-the-practitioner-and-the-patient-have-not-had#open-comment


I support the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in its proposed rule change that will prevent doctors from prescribing Schedule II controlled substances via telehealth when there is no pre-existing doctor/patient relationship.   


This proposed rule change is an important step that will assure that controlled substances are not being inappropriately prescribed.
Telemedicine can remove some of the important checks and balances that help to prevent the abuse and misuse of powerful and potentially deadly drugs in this era of opioid addiction, overdose, and trafficking.


The DEA is right to make this rule change.
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Humane Burial for ALL babies

2/3/2023

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In December, we were contacted about a novel problem with Ohio law that was making it difficult or impossible for women who had a non-surgical abortion to bury her baby. Ohio law generally handles fetal death before and after 20 weeks differently, and in recent years created an optional pathway for women experiencing miscarriage before 20 weeks to have those remains interred. Ohio also passed a law requiring victims of surgical abortion to be interred through burial or cremation (this law is not in effect due to pending litigation). However, the laws do not (seem to) create a pathway for women who elect non-surgical abortion to obtain the paperwork necessary to bury their baby.


While it may seem counter-intuitive that this is necessary, we are seeing and hearing that as abortion pills - legally and illegally obtained, are flooding the state, more women immediately regret their actions. While abortion pill reversal has helped many women, it isn't 100% effective and many women do not know about it until too late.


We have been working with a broad coalition of interested parties, state agencies, and now lawmakers to identify a solution to this small but complex issue. We'll keep you updated on how it is fixed.


Consider learning more about post-abortion healing programs, local organizations that help with families that experience pregnancy and infant loss, and abortion pill reversal.
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Hate Mail & Love Letters

2/3/2023

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​This week we received some ugly and hateful mail. It was mail marked “Return to Sender” – originally mailed at the end of the year to a donor who passed away in August.

The person now living at this address had added some comments on the envelope. The front read, “This guy died, because like all opponents of abortion rights, he was a feeble old man, unable to cope with the modern world. Please stop sending this.”

On the back of the envelope, the current resident added, in block text:
Please kill yourself!!
God isn’t real!!
Abortion is awesome!!
Kill ALL the babies :)

He concluded with the phrase “Hail Satan” in all capital letters and set off with pentagrams. You can see the images here.

Over the next few months, Ohioans will hear that no one really likes abortion, but it is needed to protect women and their reproductive health. This is a lie. At the root of the so-called Reproductive Rights Movement is a segment of the population that loves abortion. They see it as salvation and profess it as a sacrament.

This, of course, will not be the language they use in the upcoming abortion ballot initiative, but it the language they use when they think no one is looking. No Ohioan should forget the complicity of groups like the Abortion Fund of Ohio (formerly WHOO), whose staff members and volunteers were criminally charged for after disrupting the 2021 Respect Life Mass and Roe Remembrance. These are not conscientious health-minded persons who just want to see women free and healthy. They are extreme abortion allies who want to force their views on every Ohioan.

I’ve had a few people ask if I thought this person “really” meant what they said, suggesting that perhaps it was just mockery. I don’t know. I do know that demons are real. Spiritual warfare exists. The devil doesn’t care if someone is just joking.

As both the hateful and threatening rhetoric has escalated and violence against pro-life organizations, pregnancy centers, and churches has escalated we are taking every incident seriously, including this one. My goal is that every staff member, volunteer, and event attendee feels safe expressing their constitutionally protected rights to free speech, conscience, and religion with Greater Columbus Right to Life.

It has come at a price for our small organization. We’ve installed security systems, retained private security at events, and more. This is in addition to the things we’ve always done structurally.
In this instance, I addressed the situation by sprinkling the envelope liberally with Holy Water, reporting it to the police and the Postmaster.

More interesting is how God addressed the situation. Within minutes, I received a message from a friend, who is a Religious sister, an educator, and a friend. Out of the blue, she shared a picture colored by one of her students following the recent Respect Life Mass and March for Life. She gave me permission to share it here. It is the Spiritual Adoption Prayer penned by Archbishop Fulton Sheen. If you cannot read it, it says “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion. Amen.” The student added the phrases, “Keep a baby safe,” “Do not be afraid!” and “God has a plan.”
What a perfect response at the perfect time.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells us, “Behold I send you out as sheep among the wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”

I’ve been using that verse from Matthew a lot. To be a sheep among the wolves as we engage with the brokenness and chaos of our world implies that we need to be aware that there are danger and evil in this world. To be wise as serpents and innocent as doves is a reminder to be prudent in our response, but also virtuous. It is to live in a world where a stranger sends you a note urging you to kill yourself because you dare to say babies should not be killed. It is to live in a world that is fundamentally unjust and to want to act prudently and virtuously toward the restoration of justice.

As I continue to reflect on these words, I have realized that there is a temptation to become overly self-reliant. Especially when the stakes are high. They are always high in this line of work, but they are especially high right now. We face the prospect of an extensive and expensive fight to keep extreme abortion laws out of Ohio’s Constitution.

No one wants to be a sheep among the wolves. But, as is so often the case – we are not merely warned. We are assured. In the Gospel of John the sheep are protected by the Good Shepherd, Jesus. He will see and meet our needs even before we are aware of them.

This is not always immediately visible, assuring, or obvious, but it is always true: the perfect response at the perfect time.

Join us today in praying for the conversion of this poor, angry, and misguided person and all like him.
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But pray also in thanksgiving for this child and the millions of other children who know in their hearts and remind us with their prayers that “God has a Plan.” That plan includes the millions of pro-life young people to whom the future belongs. 

If you would like to support the pro-life work that we are doing, consider making a donation today.
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2023 Abortion Rate

1/31/2023

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The mission of Greater Columbus Right to Life is to build a culture that protects innocent human life from the moment of conception until natural death. One of the biggest program goals within that mission: working within the communities we serve to end abortion.

Integral to meeting that goal is our work with individuals, families, church communities, and our pro-life colleagues to bring a faithful, united, and focused approach to the work of ending abortion. The public face of that work includes projects like sidewalk ministry and prayer, public demonstrations, and educational programming in churches and schools. Backing up much of that work, however, are the things we do behind the scenes to hold abortion clinics accountable, track trends, and deploy resources to the communities where they are most needed.

As part of our work to track trends and deploy resources to the communities where they are most needed, we not only monitor the number of abortions happening in our community, but we also look at the number of women who are having abortions by county. Several years ago, we realized that this only tells part of the story, and we began looking at the number of abortions happening as a percentage of the total number of otherwise viable pregnancies. What we've found helps us to better understand how abortion is impacting communities regardless of the size of that community. After all, counties with larger populations are more likely to have larger numbers of abortions. But tracking shifts in abortion trends and the abortion rate from community to community can help us to understand what areas need a little more help and which areas we should look to for ideas to improve. 

What we've found has been astonishing. Abortion rates in Ohio vary widely across the state, from less than 1% in Lawrence County to nearly 27% in Cuyahoga. 

It is important to remember that these numbers only provide a snapshot of what is going on based on abortions reported to the Ohio Department of Health under Ohio law. This means the numbers do not include women who may reside in Ohio but had an abortion in another state or abortions obtained illegally (ex: by mail) or (illegally) not reported to the ODH. It also does not include anything that is not considered induced abortion under Ohio law, such as embryos destroyed during IVF or prohibited from implantation due to various contraceptives.

We generally serve as the local pro-life organization to those in Franklin, Morrow, Union, Delaware, Madison, Fairfield, Licking, and Pickaway Counties, but we also extend our programming whenever possible to help individuals in other counties, especially those within the Diocese of Columbus that do not have formally organized pro-life organizations, and some of our projects have statewide reach. If you would like to join us in our efforts, obtain additional information for your county, or invite us to speak to your church or organization, please give us a call or contact our Speaker’s Bureau at www.gcrtl.org/speaker. 

If you would like to support all of our work, including our accountability and research projects like the Abortion Rate Project, please consider making a donation today. Our work exists only because of your support. 


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Medical Board Complaint Filed

1/30/2023

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Earlier this year, Greater Columbus Right to Life published a report on the number of botched medical abortions that had (so far) been reported for 2022. You can read an initial copy of that report here (it will be updated, because as we noted there has been as much as a seven-month lapse in reporting by abortion providers).


This week, we sent a letter to the Ohio Medical Board Executive Director noting that, once again, Ohio's most prolific provider of the abortion pill, Dr. David Burkons, and the clinics that he owns/is affiliated with, have reported only one of the 100 reported adverse impacts of 2022. In 2020 and 2021, his Northeast Ohio Women's Center clinics also reported only one adverse reaction. Dr. Burkons has a history of shoddy records keeping and actions that put patients in danger, which is why he has faced Medical Board disciplinary action in the past. There are also open investigations and hearings into him and his clinic that stem from an incident where aborted fetal remains and protected patient information were found in the trash can in the alley behind his Cuyahoga Falls clinic.


This is not the first time that we've identified abortion clinics that seem to be ignoring the requirements of 2919.123. We are encouraging any woman, organization, or medical provider who is aware of a woman who has had adverse medical outcomes from the abortion pill at any of the Burkons facilities to contact our office or file a complaint with the Medical Board (which is not a violation of any HIPPA laws). Read a copy of our letter to the Medical Board here.
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2022 Botched Medical Abortions

1/11/2023

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Nearly 100 Botched Medical Abortions Reported in 2022

Multiple women sought ER care for bleeding and at least two Ohio women were sold abortions for ectopic pregnancies – which are not treated with abortion.

A Greater Columbus Right to Life review of RU486 adverse effects documentation revealed that about 100 Ohio women reported significant adverse effects to their medical abortion provider in 2022. Ohio law (RC 2912.123) requires that complications like incomplete abortion, hospitalization, severe bleeding, failed abortion, or needing a blood transfusion are reported to the Ohio Medical Board by the physician that prescribed the abortion pill if he or she is aware of the complication. Those reports, which do not provide any identifying patient information, are available for review.  About 100 reports have so far been submitted to the Ohio Medical Board for abortions that happened in 2022.

This number is likely smaller than the actual number of women who were harmed by the abortion pill due to underreporting or seeking care at an emergency room, urgent care, or with a different physician.
Only the providing physician is required to report RU-486 events to the Ohio Medical Board, and Ohio Hospitals are not only exempt, but they are generally exempt from reporting most abortion complications to the Ohio Department of Health under other sections of Ohio law.

The number is also likely to be artificially low for two other reasons. There is not a definite timeline for reporting complications, and in most instances there is significant lag between the time that the event happened and the report is sent to the Medical Board. For example, more than 15 reports were provided to the OMB four or more months after the incident, and numerous times the report was filed more than seven months later. 

We believe that there is also significant underreporting happening by clinics that are simply not complying with Ohio law. Although Ohio has nine abortion clinics, three of which provide abortion-pills only, only seven clinics reported any adverse effects in 2022. Northeast Ohio Women’s Center, which is probably the state’s largest provider of the abortion pill, only reported one event at its Summit County location. It reported zero events at its Cuyahoga County location and zero events at what it describes as a “sister facility” in Toledo (the Toledo Women’s Center). These facilities are connected to one of Ohio’s most notorious abortion provider, Burkons, who has faced license suspension in the past and whose clinic is still under investigation after fetal remains and patient information were found in a trash can.

The number reported by abortion facility (so far) is: 

Northeast Ohio Women’s Center: 1
Preterm: 12
Planned Parenthood, Cleveland: 12
Planned Parenthood, Columbus: 5
Planned Parenthood, Cincinnati: 31
Women’s Med of Dayton: 31
Your Choice Columbus: 6

 Among the adverse events reported, by far the most common reported complication was an incomplete or failed medical abortion.

Several patients reported significant bleeding (requiring medical intervention) or being taken to the emergency room. At least two patients were listed as having failed abortions because their pregnancy was ectopic. One had no additional notes and the other was noted as being sent to the emergency room. This means that in at least two cases the pregnancy was not verified as intrauterine before being given the abortion pills (which cost about $800 on several OH websites).  

In the providers’ own words:

“Patient presented with retained IUP. Underwent uncomplicated D&C.”

“Ongoing heaving bleeding after medication abortion. Treated with suction D&C.”

“MAB procedure was initiated per FDA regimen on 5/23/22. Pt. called 5/27/22 to report little to no bleeding. US performed 5/31/22 revealed definite ectopic pregnancy. Pt. referred to hospital for treatment.”

“MAB procedure initiated per FDA regimen on 3/1/22. Patient called emergency RN line on 3/7/22 reporting heaving bleeding & cramping. US revealed continuing pregnancy. Surgical aspiration performed 3/8/22.”

The news was not all bad. In at least once instance, the “event” was that a patient’s medical abortion did not work and she decided to continue the pregnancy.

What does this information tell us?

The abortion pill is continually being pushed on American consumers – generally young women as being a safe, convenient, and easy solution to the “problem” of pregnancy. Again and again, we are told that abortion pills are safer than Tylenol.

Abortion activists are promoting “self-managed” abortions with abortion pills being mailed to patients from out of state, illegally. This is being aided and abetted by Department of Justice memos giving a wink to those providing abortion pills illegally that they need not worry about prosecution.

The Biden FDA has just announced that abortion pills will be available via telehealth appointments and can be picked up in most places at the corner pharmacy – and national chains like Walgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS have already announced that they will be providers.

Abortion is always deadly for babies, and those who prioritize it as a necessity for women’s health are increasingly turning a blind eye to the health of actual women in their zeal for abortions.

Ohio’s Supreme Court will soon be taking up the matter of Ohio’s heartbeat law. We believe that law will be found to be enforceable and constitutional, and we will continue to press lawmakers to make Ohio an abortion-free state, even as our opponents want nothing more than to make Ohio a free-abortion state.

In the interim, Ohio can make a number of minor changes to Ohio law to help us to better enforce our existing and future laws. This includes:
  • Modifications to Ohio’s medical abortion law that provides enforcement and penalties to physicians who fail to report significant adverse effects from the abortion pill.
  • Requiring that adverse events and complications be reported within a reasonable time – not seven or more months after the fact.
  • Requiring Ohio’s hospitals and emergency responders to report statistics related to medical emergencies when women experience complications from surgical or medical abortions, regardless of how that abortion is obtained. Ohio women deserve accurate and real information about the complications that happen from abortion.
  • Updating the reporting information in Ohio’s Abortion Statistics report and on Ohio’s abortion reporting forms to reflect current laws and trends.
We also will be increasing our efforts to educate women about the risks and danger of the abortion pill and the opportunities for abortion pill reversal. We’d love to partner with you in that effort. 
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