Abortion trafficking
Known as the Human Rights and Heartbeat Protection Act
The act spans §§ 2919–2919 (52 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Villagarcia v. Warden (2010)
Most recently applied in Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region v. Yost (April 2019)
Effective: September 16, 1974; Latest Legislation: House Bill 989 - 110th General Assembly
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(A) No person shall experiment upon or sell the product of human conception which is aborted. Experiment does not include autopsies pursuant to sections 313.13 and 2108.50 of the Revised Code.
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of abortion trafficking, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.