The suit was initially filed against Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood on behalf of abortion providers. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The law was allowed to briefly go into effect in 2022 after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision. The court then issued a temporary restraining order on the law and later extended the order for two more weeks. Following a hearing in October 2022, the court issued a preliminary injunction order that remained in effect up until the permanent injunction order was issued on Thursday.
In 2023, Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment enshrining abortion rights into the state's constitution. In light of the amendment, Yost conceded that parts of the law were unconstitutional — particularly the six-week provision — while arguing to uphold others.
"Ohio voters have spoken," Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins wrote in the filing. (Andrew Spear/Getty Images)
Jenkins also stated that upholding certain provisions of the law would still require patients seeking abortions to "make two in-person visits to their provider, wait twenty-four hours to receive abortion care, review state-mandated information designed to discourage abortion and have the reason for their abortion recorded and reported."
"This dispels the myth that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org. merely returns the issue of abortion to the states," the filing read.
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"This is a very long, complicated decision covering many issues, many of which are issues of first impression," Yost's office said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Yost's office said the state has 30 days "to determine next steps" and would "review the Court's order in accordance with that timeframe."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Haley Chi-Sing is a Writer for Fox News Digital. You can reach her at @haleychising on X.
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