A Cincinnati abortion clinic might be forced to close if enforcement of a 7-year-old Ohio law begins on schedule today.
A lawyer for the Cincinnati Women's Services clinic said the law would carry a high cost because the Walnut Hills center would be required to keep more doctors on staff to meet with women considering abortions.
The law requires women to meet face to face with a doctor for a consultation 24 hours before the procedure. It also requires doctors to obtain a parent's written consent for an abortion on a minor.
"This law is sort of like the straw that broke the camel's back," said Al Gerhardstein, the clinic's lawyer. "It will make it very difficult and very expensive."
Requiring a face-to-face meeting 24 hours before the "procedure" and having a minor get a parent's written consent doesn't seem very onerous to me. If this puts them out of business, then they're going to have to revamp that business model. They must increase production...or destruction.
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They need to just hire a "schlep" doctor who meets with patients to advise them 24 hours before the procedure. Newbies out of medical school who want to make some money might just sign up for it. The law doesn't seem to indicate that the doctor giving the advice has to be the same one who does the abortion.
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