Cleveland Right to Life is a founding member of Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio
For Immediate Release                                                                          
March 21, 2020 
Contact: Molly Smith 
Phone: 440-668-4049


Ohio Attorney General Issues Cease & Desist Order
Effective Immediately to Ohio Abortion Businesses.

Abortion Facilities Ordered To Comply with the
ODH's COVID-19 Directives
 
Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio was informed last night that a Cease and Desist Order effective immediately, has been issued to all abortion facilities in Ohio by the Ohio Attorney General. 

This comes after RTLACO ( link  to cease & desist order) together with our colleagues Ohio Value Voters and other Pro-Life and Pro-Family groups worked with Governor Mike DeWine, the Attorney General, and the Ohio Department of Health to rectify the fact that Ohio abortion mills were ignoring Dr. Amy Acton's directives that all elective surgery must be stopped. 

See here for the report on abortion providers who broke the law and remained open despite the directive.

Despite the Cease and Desist order that is effective immediately we know that at least 2 of the abortion facilities are open for business this morning in defiance of the order. We are awaiting information from other Ohio cities to see if the order is being followed. 

We thank Governor DeWine and Attorney General Yost for their fast action in dealing with this violation that will cause serious health consequences in every community in our state.


The Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio, consisting of dozens of state Pro-Life groups, is working with Governor DeWine, the Ohio Department of Health and the Attorney General for an immediate solution to this issue.

We are grateful to the leaders in our state who continue to protect the public health during this time of crisis. This is a developing situation and we will keep you informed.

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The Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio is an association of metropolitan, county and local pro-life organizations. RTLACO focuses on developing and strengthening local grass roots pro-life leadership, true representative governing for the statewide organization, a commitment to a consistent and holistic pro-life standard to evaluate both policies and elected officials/candidates, and collaborative engagement to develop priorities for action.
 
Cleveland Right to Life Mission

MISSION STATEMENT

WE believe that all human beings are made in the image of the Creator and must be respected and protected from the moment of conception until natural death. We know to be true that human rights begin when human life begins, as affirmed in the Declaration of Independence.  So as to foster a culture of life we promote and defend the right to life of all innocent human beings and reject such practices as abortion, euthanasia, infanticide, and same-sex marriage that are contrary to "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God".  We represent pro-life citizens from over 8 counties in the region, making our organization one of the largest pro-life organizations in the State of Ohio. We focus our efforts first and foremost at the local level to achieve local solutions and then cooperate with the state and national pro-life efforts as directed and needed.

 
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