Backers of legal abortion rallied in cities throughout Ohio and the US this weekend. Statehouse correspondent Jo Ingles caught up with some people at the rally Saturday at the Ohio Statehouse.
The west lawn was full of women and some men with signs blasting abortion bans. Columbus family practice Dr. Catherine Romanos said an Ohio ban would be a bad idea.
“People die in childbirth. People are severely injured in childbirth. We have a horrible maternal mortality crisis in this country and in Ohio specifically and so women will die.”
Some anti-abortion protestors, like Lexie Hall of Columbus, turned out but were outnumbered.
“Every human being has value and I believe we should all be protected under the law.”
Ohio is poised to ban abortions if and when the U.S. Supreme Court allows states that option.