Ohio § 2919.203

§ 2919.203.

(A) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician

shall purposely perform or induce or purposely attempt to perform or induce an abortion

on a pregnant woman after the unborn child reaches the probable post-fertilization

age of twenty weeks unless, prior to the performance or inducement of the abortion

or the attempt to perform or induce the abortion, the physician determines, in the

physician's reasonable medical judgment, the unborn child's probable post-fertilization

age.  The physician shall make that determination after making inquiries of the pregnant

woman and performing any medical examinations or tests of the pregnant woman the physician

considers necessary as a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case

and medical conditions involved, would consider necessary to determine the unborn

child's probable post-fertilization age. (B) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician

shall purposely perform or induce or purposely attempt to perform or induce an abortion

on a pregnant woman after the unborn child reaches the probable post-fertilization

age of twenty weeks without first entering the determination made in division (A)

of this section and the associated findings of the medical examination and tests in

the medical record of the pregnant woman. (C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of failure to perform probable

post-fertilization age testing, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (D) The state medical board shall suspend a physician's license to practice medicine

in this state for a period of not less than six months if the physician violates this

section.