While the Ohio law requiring a 24-hour hold between when a woman seeks an abortion and when she gets the procedure is still being litigated, two Republican lawmakers are pushing another waiting period that they say is different.

A Franklin County Common Pleas Court decision in August 2024 ruled the state law, which required doctors to provide abortion patients with information and wait 24 hours, was unconstitutional under the Reproductive Rights Amendment approved by voters in 2023. But Rep. Mike Odioso (R-Green Twp.) said this newly proposed waiting period would require doctors to give patients information about the physical and mental health risks of abortion.

Odioso told the House Health Committee that House Bill 347 would be required "to meet the same medical consent standards that

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