Abortion Clinics In Ohio

[naomi24]

I'm currently watching a saga set in Ohio called Little Fires Everywhere.   In it, a teenage girl gets pregnant and without telling her parents or seeing a doctor just walks into a clinic to ask for an abortion.   The receptionist takes her name and she's told to sit in the waiting area.  Before long she is called into a room and the abortion performed.  She is then sent straight home.

 

Is it really that simple in Ohio?

[naomi24]

I meant to say she gave a false name so no form of identificationn wass required.

[bednobs]

if you are paying, i expect so.

but artistic licence and all that!

[barry1010]

I don't know about Ohio but I saw it happening that easily in 1970s Birmingham. Irish young women coming over for abortions at a certain clinic, false names.

[naomi24]

This was just a walk in place.  No formalities, no consultation.  

[chelle7272]

According to this clinic that is not how it is in Ohio

https://www.preterm.org/abortion-faq#:~:text=You%20will%20make%20your%20second,abortion%20may%20require%203%20visits.

"Ohio law requires that you receive certain information and sign a consent form at least 24 hours before your procedure. If you’re 17 weeks pregnant or more, the abortion may require 3 visits."

[naomi24]

Thanks chelle.

[Neveracrossword]

I'm sure that book was written before 2024 - and in 2024, judges in Ohio temporarily blocked a new law requiring a minimum wait of 24 hours before the abortion could be performed. I assume (maybe wrongly) that this new law was aimed at stopping the 'walk-in' culture?

[naomi24]

Just checked. The book was published in 2017.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Naomi. The author lived in Ohio from the age of 10, so I'd think (hope!) what was in the book was based on the facts at the time. 

[naomi24]

I was quite shocked that it could happen like that.  

[Neveracrossword]

Naomi, I too was shocked - but it wasn't a bolt from the blue, I must have seen or read something similar before.

[pastafreak]

2017...before the world started changing stateside and Rowe vs Wade was overturned. Much has changed since then, with some states moving to the dark ages.

Now there is a ban that...outlawed abortion at the point electrical cardiac activity could be detected. That can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

Source from 2022...https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2022-11-07/a-closer-look-at-ohios-abortion-numbers-before-and-after-the-states-ban

[naomi24]

That's crazy, pasta.

[sandyRoe]

Is the abortion shown as a bad thing?

If so, it sounds as as though the show might have been financed by right-wing Christians.

[naomi24]

Not at all.  Quite normal.