Ohio § 2919.195

§ 2919.195.

(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall knowingly and

purposefully perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman with the specific intent

of causing or abetting the termination of the life of the unborn human individual

the pregnant woman is carrying and whose fetal heartbeat has been detected in accordance

with division (A) of section 2919.192 of the Revised Code . Whoever violates this division is guilty of performing or inducing an abortion after

the detection of a fetal heartbeat, a felony of the fifth degree. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a physician who performs a medical

procedure that, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, is designed or intended

to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial

and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. A physician who performs a medical procedure as described in this division shall declare,

in a written document, that the medical procedure is necessary, to the best of the

physician's reasonable medical judgment, to prevent the death of the pregnant woman

or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major

bodily function of the pregnant woman.  In the document, the physician shall specify the pregnant woman's medical condition

that the medical procedure is asserted to address and the medical rationale for the

physician's conclusion that the medical procedure is necessary to prevent the death

of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible

impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. A physician who performs a medical procedure as described in this division shall place

the written document required by this division in the pregnant woman's medical records.  The physician shall maintain a copy of the document in the physician's own records

for at least seven years from the date the document is created. (C) A person is not in violation of division (A) of this section if the person acts in

accordance with division (A) of section 2919.192 of the Revised Code and the method used to determine the presence of a fetal heartbeat does not reveal

a fetal heartbeat. (D) Division (A) of this section does not have the effect of repealing or limiting any

other provision of the Revised Code that restricts or regulates the performance or

inducement of an abortion by a particular method or during a particular stage of a

pregnancy.