The Ohio Department of Health has until Dec. 8 to file any response. The clinic’s attorney, Jennifer Branch, said she expects a judge to rule on the motion for a stay before Dec. 15, when the Stroop Road clinic would have to close its doors.
On Wednesday, ODH revoked the clinic's operating license on the grounds that it failed to obtain a required transfer agreement with a nearby hospital for emergencies.
The appeal argues that the state’s decision is arbitrary and that the clinic has satisfied all requirements of the law by contracting with three local physicians as emergency backup.
The Kettering clinic is the only abortion provider in the Dayton area. The 2013 law requiring transfer agreements has caused numerous abortion clinics in the state to close because public hospitals are forbidden from entering into such agreements.
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