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Ohio Planned Parenthood fights back at frontline of new conservative assault
Source: The Guardian
Ohio Planned Parenthood fights back at frontline of new conservative assault
Governor John Kasich has remained quiet on campaign trail, but his influence
can be felt at women’s health clinic that faces closure in city of 2.2 million people
Ed Pilkington in Cincinnati
Tuesday 8 September 2015 12.13 BST
The clock is ticking for the Cincinnati branch of Planned Parenthood, the only abortion clinic in Ohio’s most populated city.
On 29 September, a new law passed by the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature will kick into effect, triggering a legal countdown that will force the facility to close within 60 days, barring a state reprieve.
Should the clinic be shut down, it would make Cincinnati, with its 2.2 million people, the largest metropolitan area in the United States without any access to surgical abortions.
The nearest facility, the Women’s Med Center in Dayton, is under similar threat. If that were to close, too, women seeking terminations would have to make the 500-mile journey to Cleveland.
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Governor John Kasich has remained quiet on campaign trail, but his influence
can be felt at women’s health clinic that faces closure in city of 2.2 million people
Ed Pilkington in Cincinnati
Tuesday 8 September 2015 12.13 BST
The clock is ticking for the Cincinnati branch of Planned Parenthood, the only abortion clinic in Ohio’s most populated city.
On 29 September, a new law passed by the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature will kick into effect, triggering a legal countdown that will force the facility to close within 60 days, barring a state reprieve.
Should the clinic be shut down, it would make Cincinnati, with its 2.2 million people, the largest metropolitan area in the United States without any access to surgical abortions.
The nearest facility, the Women’s Med Center in Dayton, is under similar threat. If that were to close, too, women seeking terminations would have to make the 500-mile journey to Cleveland.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/08/ohio-abortion-clinic-planned-parenthood-cincinnati
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need to get out of our bedrooms and our bodies. 
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