Abortion Bill Clears Hurdle

Ohio doctors…who fail to give medical care in the extremely rare circumstance…when a baby is born alive following an abortion attempt…would face criminal penalties, under legislation that cleared the Republican-run Ohio House on Wednesday. The bill also would require physicians to report cases of babies born alive after abortions or attempted abortions, and bar abortion clinics from working with doctors who teach at state-funded hospitals and medical schools. Abortion rights advocates call the bill…an attack on a woman’s legal right to the procedure. They also expect some abortion clinics in the state to be shut down in the coming year.