Toledo’s lone abortion clinic granted new license after securing emergency transfer agreement

By Dave Andrusko When last we reported on Toledo’s lone abortion clinic, the Ohio Supreme Court had just reaffirmed its earlier decision closing Capital Care Network for failing to secure an emergency patient transfer agreement with a local hospital within 30 miles of the abortion clinic. However Jim Provance of the Toledo Blade reported today that …

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Ohio Supreme Court refuses to reconsider decision upholding Health Department order shutting down Toledo’s last abortion clinic

By Dave Andrusko On February 6, the Ohio Supreme Court upheld a state order to close Capital Care Network, Toledo’s lone abortion clinic, for failing to secure an emergency patient transfer agreement with a local hospital within 30 miles of the abortion clinic. Justice O’Donnell was joined by Justices Sharon Kennedy, Pat Fischer, Pat DeWine, …

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Judge orders stay, hearing on order closing Toledo’s only abortion clinic to be heard in September

  By Dave Andrusko With one day to spare, Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Myron Duhart issued a stay Monday that allowed Toledo’s only remaining abortion clinic to continue in operation while Capital Care Network appeals a directive from the Ohio Health Department to close its surgical center. Melanie Amato, spokesman for the Ohio Department …

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Toledo’s lone abortion clinic asks court to reverse Ohio Department of Health order revoking license

  By Dave Andrusko As promised Capital Care Network, Toledo, Ohio’s only remaining abortion clinic, has filed an appeal in Lucas County Common Pleas Court asking the courts to reverse an order issued by the Ohio Department of Health that revoked its license to operate as an ambulatory surgical facility. The revocation is effective August …

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