Holy Toledo

NARAL's The Morning After

This week, Kellie, Vashitta, and Gabe discuss Capital Care Network in Toledo. An August 30 Toledo City Council meeting to support a clinic protection ordinance heard testimony from clinic escorts, staff, and patients who have sen harassment by protesters first hand.

Part 2 of the Toledo City Council hearing

This week, Toledo’s Capital Care was again the focus of a hearing, this time in the Ohio Supreme Court. Clinic attorney Jennifer Branch presented an argument that John Kasich‘s “transfer agreement” rule is unconstitutional.

Full video of the Ohio Supreme Court hearing for Capital Care Network of Toledo v. Ohio Dept. of Health

Also on Tuesday, the Ohio Senate Committee on Health heard our testimony on the Down syndrome abortion ban. Kellie testified that afternoon after we recorded this podcast.

Full committee video on the Down syndrome abortion ban

Finally, we discussed the possibility of a Total Abortion Ban, which became a much more serious notion later in the week when we learned that Janet Folger Porter, author of the “Heartbeat Bill” visited the White House to discuss a national version of the same ban.

We’ll definitely be discussing that idea more, next week.

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