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OH SB8
Bill
Status
2/1/2011
Primary Sponsor
Shannon Jones
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AI Summary
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Requires courts to make judicial findings regarding minor abortion consent by "clear and convincing evidence" standard rather than the previous standard.
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Adds specific judicial inquiry requirements including assessment of the minor's understanding of physical and emotional complications of abortion and whether anyone has coached the minor on testimony.
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Establishes expedited hearing timeline requiring court decision within 24 hours of hearing conclusion and record completion within 4 days for appeals.
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Permits judicial bypass petitions to be filed in juvenile court of the county where the minor resides, a bordering county, or where the abortion facility is located.
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Adds new provision preserving testimonial privileges and clarifies that procedure does not constitute waiver of privileges under Ohio law or common law.
Legislative Description
To revise the procedures governing a hearing by which a court may permit a pregnant minor to consent to an abortion or by which a court may give judicial consent for a pregnant minor to have an abortion and to require a court to make its findings with respect to such a hearing by clear and convincing evidence.
Abortion-pregnant minor-judicial consent
Last Action
To Judiciary Civil Justice
2/1/2011