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Federal government backs Ohio on Down syndrome abortion law

Posted on January 22, 2020

Originally published January 22, 2020 by The Herald
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In a lawsuit about the legality of Ohio’s law banning abortions based on Down Syndrome diagnoses, the U.S. Justice Department filed a brief supporting Ohio. The law would make any physician who performed such an abortion liable for a felony. Ohio is one of five states to enact laws restricting abortions based on Down Syndrome; four of the five are currently facing challenges in court. 

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