Title: Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost

State: ohio

Issuer: Ohio Supreme Court

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[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4570.] 
 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2023-OHIO-4570 
PRETERM-CLEVELAND ET AL., APPELLEES, v. YOST, ATTY. GEN., ET AL., 
APPELLANTS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Preterm-Cleveland v. Yost, Slip Opinion No. 2023-Ohio-4570.] 
Appeal dismissed due to change in law. 
(No. 2023-0004―Submitted December 12, 2023―Decided December 15, 2023.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, 
No. C-220504, 2022-Ohio-4540. 
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{¶ 1} Sua sponte, appeal dismissed due to a change in the law. 
KENNEDY, C.J., and FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, and STEWART, JJ., 
concur. 
BRUNNER, J., dissents and would dismiss the appeal as having been 
improvidently accepted. 
BYRNE, J., dissents and would proceed with addressing the propositions of 
law previously accepted for review. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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MATTHEW BYRNE, J., of the Twelfth District Court of Appeals, sitting for 
DETERS, J. 
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ACLU of Ohio Foundation, B. Jessie Hill, Freda J. Levenson, and Rebecca 
Kendis; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, L.L.P., Alan E. Schoenfeld, 
Michelle Nicole Diamond, Peter Neiman, Davina Pujari, Christopher A. 
Rheinheimer, and Allyson Slater; and Planned Parenthood Federation of America 
and Melissa Cohen, for appellees Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region, 
Sharon Liner, M.D., and Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio. 
ACLU of Ohio Foundation, B. Jessie Hill, Freda J. Levenson, and Rebecca 
Kendis; and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and Meagan Burrows, for 
appellees Preterm Cleveland, Women’s Med Group Professional Corporation, and 
Northeast Ohio Women’s Center, L.L.C., d/b/a Toledo Women’s Center. 
John A. Borell, Kevin A. Pituch, and Evy M. Jarrett, Lucas County 
Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellee Lucas County Prosecuting Attorney 
Julia R. Bates. 
Dave Yost, Ohio Attorney General, Michael J. Hendershot, Chief Deputy 
Solicitor General, Stephen P. Carney and Mathura J. Sridharan, Deputy Solicitors 
General, and Amanda L. Narog and Andrew D. McCartney, Assistant Attorneys 
General, for appellants. 
Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., Susan M. Audey, Elisabeth C. Arko, and Edward E. 
Taber, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & 
Northern Ohio. 
The Chandra Law Firm, L.L.C., Subodh Chandra, and Donald Screen; and 
Democracy Forward Foundation, Skye L. Perryman, and Madeline H. Gitomer, 
urging affirmance for amici curiae American College of Obstetricians and 
Gynecologists, American Medical Association, and Society for Maternal-Fetal 
Medicine. 
January Term, 2023 
 
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Molly A. 
Meegan, urging affirmance for amicus curiae American College of Obstetricians 
and Gynecologists. 
Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Jacob Zuberi, Suzan Charlton, Samar Amidi, 
and Kathryn Irwin Bronstein, in support of appellees, for amicus curiae National 
Association of Social Workers Including its Ohio Chapter. 
Scott G. Stewart, Mississippi Solicitor General, and Justin L. Matheny, 
Deputy Solicitor General, urging reversal for amici curiae Mississippi, Alabama, 
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri 
Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West 
Virginia. 
Alliance Defending Freedom, Julia C. Payne, and James A. Campbell, 
urging reversal for amici curiae Cincinnati Right to Life, The Justice Foundation, 
Center for Christian Virtue, Ohio Right to Life, Right to Life Action Coalition, 
Cleveland Right to Life, Greater Columbus Right to Life, and Students for Life of 
America. 
Dworken & Bernstein Co., L.P.A., and Patrick J. Perotti, urging reversal for 
amicus curiae American Center for Law & Justice. 
Corey Shankleton, pro se, in support of appellant, for amicus curiae 
Faith2Action Michigan. 
Janet Folger Porter, pro se, in support of appellant, for amicus curiae 
Faith2Action Ministries. 
Andrew L. Schlafly; and Robert T. Lynch, in support of appellant, for amici 
curiae Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, Janet Folger Porter, Faith2Action Ministries, Ohio 
Representative Beth Lear, Ohio Value Voters, Mission America, Margie Christie, 
Dayton Right to Life Society, Ohio Christian Alliance, Warren County Right to 
Life, Lori Viars, Eagle Forum of Ohio, Community Pregnancy Center, former Ohio 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Representative Candice Keller, former Ohio Representative Ron Hood, and Eagle 
Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund. 
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