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Attorney General DeWine Statement on Preterm-Cleveland v. Himes

3/15/2018

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued the following statement regarding a federal judge's ruling issuing a preliminary injunction in Preterm-Cleveland v. Himes:

"I strongly disagree with the district court's ruling that there is a categorical right to abortion that prevents even any consideration of Ohio's profound interests in combatting discrimination against a class of human beings based upon disability. We will be appealing."

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