Counseling Ban/Gag Rule

No funds received through grants for women's health services made by the health department may be used for abortion counseling or referrals, except in a medical emergency.  A family-planning program receiving such funds must be organized so that any provision of abortion services is physically and financially separate from the provision of other services.  Ohio Rev. Code. Ann. § 3701.046 (Enacted 2006); Ohio Admin. Code § 3701-68-01(B).

No funds appropriated to the health department for genetics services may be used to counsel or refer for abortion, except in the case of a medical emergency.  H.B. 119, 127th Gen. Assem., 2007-2008 Reg. Sess. (Ohio 2007) (Enacted 2007).