Appeals court strikes down Ohio law requiring burial of abortion remains

By: Susan Tebben

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 840

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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An Ohio appellate court sided with abortion rights advocates in an appeal that blocks most of a law that regulated how clinics dispose of remains from abortions.

The case came to the First District Court of Appeals after Ohio Senate Bill 27 was passed in 2020, requiring the burial of fetal or embryonic remains after an abortion.

The bill was almost immediately taken to court, and a Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas judge

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