Ohio § 2949.31

§ 2949.31.

If a female convict sentenced to death appears to be pregnant, the warden or sheriff

having custody of the convict, her counsel, or a physician who has examined the convict

shall give notice of the apparent pregnancy to the appropriate judge of the appropriate

court of common pleas as determined in the same manner as is provided in divisions

(B)(1)(a) and (b) of section 2949.28 of the Revised Code, and like proceedings shall

be had as are provided under sections 2949.28 and 2949.29 of the Revised Code in case of an insane convict sentenced to death, except to the extent that they by

their nature clearly would be inapplicable. If it is found at the inquiry held in accordance with sections 2949.28 and 2949.29 of the Revised Code that the convict is not pregnant, the sentence shall be executed at the time previously

appointed, unless that time has passed pending completion of the inquiry, in which

case the judge conducting the inquiry, if authorized by the supreme court, shall appoint

a new time for execution of the sentence to be effective fifteen days from the date

of the entry of the judge's ruling in the inquiry. If it is found at the inquiry that the convict is pregnant, the judge shall suspend

execution of the sentence and order the convict to be confined in the area at which

other convicts sentenced to death are confined or in an appropriate medical facility.  When the court finds that the convict no longer is pregnant, if the time previously

appointed for execution of the sentence has not passed, the sentence shall be executed

at the previously appointed time.  When the court finds that the convict no longer is pregnant, if the time previously

appointed for execution of the sentence has passed, the judge who conducts the inquiry,

if authorized by the supreme court, shall appoint a new time for execution of the

sentence to be effective fifteen days from the date of the entry of the judge's ruling

in the inquiry.