(a) Abortion Defined. As used in this section “abortion” means the purposeful termination of a human pregnancy by any person, including the pregnant woman herself, with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus or embryo. Abortion is the practice of medicine or surgery for the purposes of RC 4731.41.
(RC 2919.11)
(b) Abortion Without Informed Consent Prohibited.
(1) No person shall perform or induce an abortion without the informed consent of the pregnant woman.
(2) No person shall knowingly perform or induce an abortion upon a woman who is pregnant, unmarried, under eighteen (18) years of age and unemancipated except as authorized under RC 2919.12.
(3) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful abortion, a misdemeanor of the first degree unless the offender has previously been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (b) of this section or RC 2919.12.
(RC 2919.12)
(c) Abortion Trafficking.
(1) No person shall experiment upon or sell the product of human conception which is aborted. Experiment does not include autopsies pursuant to RC 313.13 and 2108.50.
(2) Whoever violates this section is guilty of abortion trafficking, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(RC 2919.14; Ord. No. 1414-86. Passed 11-3-86, eff. 11-5-86)