Effective: July 11, 2019
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 23 - 133rd General Assembly
The provisions of this section are wholly independent of the requirements of sections 2919.192 to 2919.195 of the Revised Code.
(A) A person who performs or induces an abortion on a pregnant woman shall do whichever of the following is applicable:
(1) If a purported reason for the abortion is to preserve the health of the pregnant woman, the person shall specify in a written document the medical condition that the abortion is asserted to address and the medical rationale for the person's conclusion that the abortion is necessary to address that condition.
(2) If division (A)(1) of this section does not apply, the person shall specify in a written document that maternal health is not a reason of the abortion.
(B) The person who specifies the information in the document described in division (A) of this section shall place the document in the pregnant woman's medical records. The person who specifies the information shall maintain a copy of the document in the person's own records for at least seven years from the date the document is created.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 2919 | Offenses Against the Family
Section 2919.10 | Abortion Related to Finding of Down Syndrome.
Section 2919.101 | Abortion Report.
Section 2919.11 | Abortion Defined.
Section 2919.12 | Unlawful Abortion.
Section 2919.121 | Unlawful Abortion Upon Minor.
Section 2919.122 | Application of Unlawful Abortion on a Minor Law.
Section 2919.123 | Unlawful Distribution of an Abortion-Inducing Drug.
Section 2919.124 | Unlawful Performance of a Drug-Induced Abortion.
Section 2919.14 | Abortion Trafficking.
Section 2919.15 | Dismemberment Abortion.
Section 2919.151 | Partial Birth Feticide.
Section 2919.16 | Post-Viability Abortion Definitions.
Section 2919.17 | Terminating or Attempting to Terminate Human Pregnancy After Viability.
Section 2919.171 | Physician's Report to Department on Attempted or Completed Abortions.
Section 2919.18 | Failure to Perform Viability Testing.
Section 2919.19 | Definitions for Orc Sections 2919.191 to 2919.1910.
Section 2919.191 | Applicability.
Section 2919.192 | Determination of Presence of Fetal Heartbeat.
Section 2919.193 | Determination of Detectable Fetal Heartbeat; Penalties.
Section 2919.194 | Procedures After Detection of Fetal Heartbeat.
Section 2919.195 | Performance of Abortion After Detection of Fetal Heartbeat; Penalty.
Section 2919.196 | Documentation of Reasons for Abortion.
Section 2919.197 | Contraceptives.
Section 2919.198 | Immunity of Pregnant Woman.
Section 2919.199 | Civil Action for Wrongful Death of Unborn Child.
Section 2919.1910 | Joint Legislative Committee on Adoption Promotion and Support.
Section 2919.1912 | Forfeiture for Violations.
Section 2919.1913 | Human Rights and Heartbeat Protection Act.
Section 2919.20 | Definitions.
Section 2919.201 | Abortion After Gestational Age of 20 Weeks.
Section 2919.202 | Report by Physician.
Section 2919.203 | Determination of Gestational Age; Violation.
Section 2919.204 | Ohio Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Litigation Fund.
Section 2919.205 | Construction of Laws.
Section 2919.21 | Nonsupport or Contributing to Nonsupport of Dependents.
Section 2919.22 | Endangering Children.
Section 2919.222 | Parental Education Neglect.
Section 2919.223 | Child and Family Day-Care Facilities - Definitions.
Section 2919.224 | Misrepresentation Relating to Provision of Child Care.
Section 2919.225 | Disclosure and Notice Regarding Death or Injury of Child in Facility.
Section 2919.226 | Child Day-Care Disclosure Form - Immunity From Prosecution.
Section 2919.227 | Information to Be Provided to Prospective Users - Notice of Death of Child.
Section 2919.23 | Interference With Custody.
Section 2919.231 | Interfering With Action to Issue or Modify Support Order.
Section 2919.24 | Contributing to Unruliness or Delinquency of a Child.
Section 2919.25 | Domestic Violence.
Section 2919.251 | Bail in Certain Domestic Violence Cases.
Section 2919.26 | Motion for and Hearing on Protection Order.
Section 2919.27 | Violating Protection Order.
Section 2919.271 | Evaluation of Mental Condition of Defendant.
Section 2919.272 | Protection Order Issued by Court of Another State.