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CINCINNATI (LifeSiteNews) — A judge in Ohio has once again come through for the abortion industry, this time blocking an anti-infanticide law that would be effective on March 23. 

Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Alison Hatheway issued a Temporary Restraining Order against the enforcement of Senate Bill 157, which requires medical care for infants who survive abortions. It also requires abortion facilities to have back-up doctors who have admitting privileges with local hospitals or hire OB/GYNS who have them. 

Judge Hatheway is a Democrat.

The ACLU and Planned Parenthood sued on February 25 to stop the law. Hatheway sided with the abortion industry. She has been a good judge for the abortion lobby, having previously ruled on January 31 that the required burial or cremation of aborted babies raised “due-process” and “equal-protection” concerns. 

Judge Hatheway ruled on March 2 that the abortion industry will “likely” succeed in its claim that Senate Bill 157 “violates [their] due process rights to continue to operate its business and its staff’s due process rights to pursue their professions.” 

The next step will be a March 16 hearing on a preliminary injunction against the law. 

The abortion industry and its attorneys in Ohio released a joint statement praising the ruling. 

“The courts have confirmed again and again that these unnecessary restrictions pushed by Ohio politicians impose severe burdens on patients and providers,” the industry said in a March 2 statement. “Today’s decision is just one in this series of rulings that sees these technical licensing requirements for what they are — dangerous laws with no other intention than to eliminate access to abortion in Southwest Ohio.”

“Temporarily blocking this law is a win for providers and patients, but our fight to protect abortion access in Ohio is far from over,” the abortion lobby said. “We are as dedicated as ever to protecting Ohioans’ freedom to make their own decisions about their bodies, their families, and their futures.” 

Ohio Right to Life (ORTL) did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday morning. 

ORTL previously referred to the legislation as “anti-infanticide.”  

“No baby in Ohio, regardless of the circumstances surrounding their birth, should be left alone to die,” ORTL said in a statement in October after the bill passed the state senate. “This vital anti-infanticide legislation will ensure that no baby who survives a botched abortion is denied life-saving care.”  

“It will also hold abortionists accountable by establishing a much-needed reporting requirement to document when a child is born alive after an attempted abortion,” ORTL said. 

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