(a) No person shall manufacture, possess for sale or distribution, advertise or hold himself out as possessing for sale or distribution, or sell or distribute any drug, medicine, instrument or thing, when any of the following apply:
(1) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such drug, medicine, instrument or thing is capable of causing an abortion and is used primarily for that purpose.
(2) The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the person to whom he sells or distributes such drug, medicine, instrument or thing intends to use it to cause an abortion.
(3) The offender directly or indirectly represents that such drug, medicine, instrument or thing is effective in causing an abortion, regardless of whether it is effective as represented.
(b) This section does not prohibit a manufacturer or distributor of drugs or surgical supplies, or a pharmacist or physician, from lawfully manufacturing, possessing, selling or distributing, in the usual course of his business or profession, any drug, medicine, instrument or thing intended for any lawful medical purpose, including an abortion permitted under Ohio R.C. 29291.11
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of promoting abortion, a misdemeanor of the first degree.