Media coverage of the end of the 24-hour waiting period
Blog | August 28, 2024
As Ohioans celebrated the preliminary injunction blocking the 24-hour waiting period from being enforced, media across the state hurried to report the story. Abortion Forward was quoted in several articles:
Ohio AG plans to appeal judge’s ruling that blocks 24-hour abortion waiting period — Fox19, Mary LeBus reporting
Excerpt: “This ruling will literally open doors to patients needing abortion care,” Abortion Forward Executive Director Kellie Copeland said. “[Friday’s] announcement will help alleviate delays to find appointment availability. Patients benefit from less red tape. The now-blocked law meant people had to wait longer for care because clinics have had to do everything twice.”
No waiting period: Ohio abortion clinics doing same-day services after court win — WEWS, Morgan Trau reporting
“It’s life-changing for so many of them because it really means they have access to the health care in their time frame,” Abortion Forward‘s Jaime Miracle said, referencing patients. … “Most people who have abortions in our state and across the country already have kids at home, so not only are they trying to juggle their schedules and taking time off work, but they’re trying to find extra childcare for their kid on not one day but two days,” Miracle added. “They’re having to travel multiple times.”
Many Ohio abortion clinics have done away with 24-hour waiting period due to a recent court ruling — Statehouse News Bureau, Jo Ingles reporting
“The 24-hour waiting period really was such an impact on not just the patients but the providers providing care, the abortion funds that had to help those patients get access with those restrictions – really, so much changed with that one ruling,” said Jaime Miracle, deputy director of Abortion Forward. Miracle said Preterm in Cleveland and other clinics are already performing abortions in one visit. She said clinics have been able to reschedule appointments to make it easier for patients to get an abortion. “It was really a life-changing day for patients in our state to not have to travel to the clinic twice, to not have to hear or be forced to be told information from a doctor that’s medically inaccurate and stigmatizing, to not have to pay for child care twice, to not have to drive to the clinic twice, to not have to take two days off work,” Miracle said.
Judge temporarily blocks Ohio’s 24-hour abortion care waiting period — WCMH, Katie Millard reporting
“Policies like 24-hour waiting periods are exceptionally harmful, especially for low-income patients. Patients are forced to find funds for a second round of transportation and child care, and frequently obtain a second days’ unpaid leave from work just to make an unnecessary second visit to a doctor’s office,” Abortion Forward Executive Director Kellie Copeland said. “In practical terms, that is an abortion BAN for many patients. Ohio voters do not want government interfering in patients’ lives and obstructing care.”
…and on TikTok, our Gabriel Mann broke it down:
@abortionforward The waiting period for abortion care is gone!!! Our @ohiogabe breaks it down: Late last week, a Franklin County judge issued a preliminary injunction to halt Ohio’s 24-hour waiting period. Patients are now able to access same-day care without having to arrange and pay for a medically-unnecessary second visit. This is the promise of the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment in action! #ohio #abortionrights #prochoice #reproductiverights #reproductivefreedom #issue1 ♬ Photoshoot – Gucci Mane
