06-04-2020 23:43 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Ohio, Oklahoma courts rule abortions can continue amid virus

Court decisions in two U.S. states Monday allowed abortions to continue after the procedure was caught in the crosshairs of governors' orders suspending all non-essential elective surgeries due to the new coronavirus.The decisions in Ohio and Oklahoma responded to challenges by abortion rights groups.The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to hear an appeal by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost seeking to reverse a judge's temporary restraining order allowing abortion facilities in the sta
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