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DAYTON, Ohio 鈥� In a win for abortion access in Ohio, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has granted a license to Women鈥檚 Med Center, the last abortion clinic in the Dayton area. After a weeks-long legal battle, the clinic can now resume providing surgical abortion services.

The 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio, and attorney Jennifer Branch represented Women鈥檚 Med in its fight against a state law requiring abortion clinics to have a written patient-transfer agreement with a local hospital 鈥� a medically unnecessary regulation designed to close clinics and cut off abortion access. Now that its license has been granted, Women鈥檚 Med can return to providing patients with the full scope of abortion care. The case will continue, with the goal of striking down the written transfer agreement requirement.

鈥淲omen鈥檚 Med has safely provided critical health care services to people in the community for decades, so there was no justification for forcing it to stop providing surgical abortion care in the first place,鈥� said Elizabeth Watson, staff attorney at the 老澳门开奖结果 Reproductive Freedom Project. 鈥淲e will continue to fight until the medically unnecessary, unconstitutional restrictions are struck down once and for all.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檙e relieved that Women鈥檚 Med Center in Dayton is now fully able to see patients,鈥� said Elizabeth Bonham, staff attorney for the 老澳门开奖结果 of Ohio. 鈥淭he Center had to turn away dozens of patients for no legitimate reason. That鈥檚 why we are fighting to remove these hurdles for good.鈥�

鈥淭he Ohio Department of Health never should have held up Women鈥檚 Med Center鈥檚 license in the first place,鈥� said attorney Jennifer Branch. 鈥淧atients have had to go to other providers in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Indianapolis, causing delays and added costs. Fortunately, Dayton-area women will now be able to again access surgical abortions close to their home.鈥�

鈥淭oday鈥檚 news is a relief for patients across the Dayton area who depend on Women鈥檚 Med Center for comprehensive reproductive health care. Ohio is among a growing list of states drastically restricting access to safe and legal abortion through laws that medical experts agree do not enhance patient health or safety,鈥� said Kersha Deibel, Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio President and CEO. 鈥淧atient safety is our number one priority and abortion is an extremely safe procedure. This was never about patient safety; it was to make it nearly impossible for abortion providers to operate in Ohio and make it impossible for people to access safe, legal abortion.鈥�