Researchers and advocacy groups say abstinence-only education and anti-abortion politics have already had their impact in the state, and the need to keep contraception at the forefront continues.
“Republicans are obsessed with telling every Ohioan what they can and cannot do in their own bedroom," said Joe Jacobson, director of the Progress Action Fund.
Allowing the state law to be paused for 18 months as the case goes through the courts would free abortion clinics and physicians 'to violate Ohio law without consequence for the years-long duration of the case.'
The group won’t comment directly on other health problems doctors say have been caused by a restrictive abortion law that took effect when the U.S. Supreme Court repealed Roe v Wade in June.