Preterm launches landmark Reproductive Health Community Needs Assessment to strengthen care and advance health equity across Northeast Ohio.

Patients no longer have to wait 24 hours between their consultation appointment and the abortion procedure.

Under Ohio law, patients must wait a minimum of 24 hours after their initial appointment before receiving their abortion. There are no other time-sensitive medical treatments with a legally imposed waiting restriction.   “The singling out of abortion for differential and unfavorable treatment perpetuates the discriminatory view that patients do not think carefully about their decisions and do not understand the nature of the procedure. This is a patronizing stereotype that ha