COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state of Ohio continues to fight for the struck-down six-week abortion ban bill, despite acknowledging that it is unconstitutional. In an appellate court hearing on Tuesday, the attorney general's team argued that some provisions inside the legislation are worth another look.

A panel of three Cincinnati-based judges will decide the fate of Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, one that has a dozen other provisions inside the legislation.

"Our argument is that those provisions must also fall," Attorney for the ACLU of Ohio Cassie Mitchell said Tuesday morning.

The six-week ban, one without exceptions for rape or incest, was included in Senate Bill 23, which was signed into law in 2019. The legislation also made it a felony to perform an abortion without checking cardiac acti

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