An abortion clinic is set to close its doors soon while women continued to outpace men in new voter registrations in Ohio. Democrats also took some heat for criticizing the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.
We break down what it all means on this week’s episode of Ohio Politics Explained.
A podcast from the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau where we catch you up on the state’s political news in 15 minutes or less. This week, host Anna Staver was joined by reporter Jessie Balmert.
1) Abortion clinic to close
The only abortion clinic in Dayton announced plans to close in mid-September.
Women’s Medical Center operates two clinics, one in Dayton and one in Indianapolis. Both locations will close unless legal interventions reverse state laws that went into effect this summer after the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections for abortions.
“We are going to see as many people and do as much for these people as we can until we close down,’’ Dr. Jeanne Corwin told the Associated Press.
But the clinic no longer has enough patients to stay open. Ohio’s law bans abortions once fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is about four weeks after conception.
