{"id":34484,"date":"2025-07-11T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/?p=34484"},"modified":"2025-07-12T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T16:13:21","slug":"hamilton-county-judge-blocks-telemedicine-law-for-a-3rd-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cincinnatirighttolife.org\/hamilton-county-judge-blocks-telemedicine-law-for-a-3rd-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton County judge blocks Telemedicine Law for a 3rd time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Allison Hathaway has a notable pattern of presiding over cases when Planned Parenthood files suit in Hamilton County.<\/em>
There are 16 Common Pleas judges in Hamilton County that could receive these cases and 87 other counties in Ohio where the cases could be filed.<\/em>
See full article to note the other life-saving laws that this activist judge has blocked.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a third time, Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Alison Hathaway has blocked the enforcement of Ohio’s Telemedicine law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio Senate Bill 260, the “Telemedicine Bill” was passed in 2020 and was schedule for implementation in spring 2021. Cincinnati Right to Life was directly involved in this legislation designed to protect women. Barry Sheets, a past lobbyist for Cincinnati Right to Life testified<\/a> in favor of Senator Huffman\u2019s bill, as well as CRTL current President, Rachel Citak, during her tenure for another organization. The original bill<\/a> was written to prohibit physicians from conducting abortions or providing abortion-inducing drugs to a pregnant woman unless a physician is physically present. A provider could also be charged with a fourth-degree felony on the first offense and a third-degree felony for subsequent offenses, according to the language approved.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, the law was barely in effect when Judge Hathaway issued her first injunction in early 2021. In August 2024, she extended that injunction for a second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week Judge Hathaway issued her third injunction on the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Amendment explicitly sets an applicable legal standard \u2013 one that places a stringent burden on the state,” <\/a>the order reads.<\/a> “Under the Amendment, patient health is the only state interest that an abortion regulation may constitutionally advance. Therefore, any restrictions on abortion must be narrowly tailored to further protect patient’s health and such restrictions must be the least restrictive means to advance the patient’s health in accordance with widely accepted and evidence-based standards.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Medical Board receives hundreds of medication abortion “incident” reports each year from abortion facilities across the state. Many of these involve ectopic pregnancies, blood transfusions, and other serious health experiences. Facilities report women suffering for months with heavy bleeding only to be sent to an emergency room or for a surgical abortion. Our friends at Dayton Right to Life and Columbus Right to Life compile these reports and share them with Cincinnati Right to Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cincinnati Right to Life and other prolife groups<\/a> are asking the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to re-examine the drugs guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also important to point out that Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Allison Hathaway has a pattern of presiding over cases when Planned Parenthood files suit in Hamilton County\u2014even though there are 16 judges on<\/a> <\/a>that bench<\/a> and 88 counties across Ohio where the abortion giant could choose to file. This repeated venue raises serious questions, especially when the laws being challenged are designed to protect both women and their preborn children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This judge has a proven track record of blocking pro-life laws passed by Ohio lawmakers to protect women and the unborn. Among them is Senate Bill 157<\/a>, which rightly prohibited physicians who are paid with state tax dollars\u2014such as those working for public universities\u2014from also performing abortions. She also blocked Senate Bill 27<\/a>, a law requiring the humane treatment of the bodies of aborted children<\/a>, acknowledging the dignity of their short lives. And now, Judge Hathaway halted enforcement of the Telemedicine Abortion Law<\/a>, which was designed to safeguard women from the risks of chemical abortions prescribed without in-person medical evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Allison Hathaway\u2019s decision to block enforcement of Ohio\u2019s Telemedicine Abortion Law is especially troubling when considered in light of recent data\u2014including a study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)<\/a>\u2014highlighting the serious risks associated with chemical abortion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n