Camp Washington pregnancy center offers abortion care
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At a pregnancy center in Camp Washington, abortion isn't a taboo topic. It's one of three options offered alongside adoption and parenting support.
Why it matters: Unlike other crisis pregnancy centers that traditionally discourage abortions, JustChoice is unique in offering the service through a medical partner while helping families navigate everything from financial hardship to housing instability.
The big picture: Ohio had 117 crisis pregnancy centers in 2025, compared with 14 in-person abortion clinics in 2026, according to the Urban Institute.
- The Cut recently described JustChoice's model as the first of its kind nationwide.
Zoom in: JustChoice's Colerain Avenue location offers medication abortions through 12 weeks of pregnancy in partnership with Aria Medical. It refers patients elsewhere for procedural abortions.
- Most of its abortion patients come from surrounding states with abortion bans, spokesperson Maryam Modarressi tells Axios.
- The center can typically schedule patients within the same week, she says.
By the numbers: JustChoice says it has served 1,983 people since 2024 across its Cincinnati and Columbus locations through case management, mutual aid and temporary family hosting.
- Its volunteer host families care for children when parents temporarily cannot, helping prevent family separations.
- Other assistance ranges from diapers and financial support to accompanying parents to court hearings and helping mothers access treatment.
- In one case, the nonprofit found a host family for a pregnant teenager in juvenile detention, allowing her to be in the community when she went into labor.
- In another, staff delivered an incarcerated mother's breast milk to her baby, who needed it while experiencing withdrawal.
What they're saying: "At the heart of it, this work is about believing in families, trusting women and moms, and making sure families don't have to be separated to get support," Modarressi says.