Inside a Camp Washington clinic, a patient can end a pregnancy with the abortion pill one week and pick up diapers or get help with a court hearing the next. JustChoice, the nonprofit running the Cincinnati location along with a sister site in Columbus, offers abortion, adoption and parenting support out of the same space, according to Axios.
Medication Abortion Through a Medical Partner
JustChoice provides abortion care through a medical partner rather than performing procedures itself, per the Axios report by Kristen Swilley. Its Colerain Avenue location offers medication abortions through 12 weeks of pregnancy, and the organization refers patients elsewhere for procedural abortions, the outlet reported. That medical partner is Aria Medical, which states on its website that “In Ohio, we offer the abortion pill for pregnancies through 12 weeks” and that “We do not turn anyone away, even if you cannot pay for your abortion.”
The partnership is also described by Fund Access Forward, which says Aria Medical “partnered with JustChoice, an all-options family planning center, to provide medication abortions in their Columbus and Cincinnati clinics.” Per Aria Medical, the division of labor is specific: Aria at JustCenter handles abortion care and miscarriage management, while JustChoice handles pregnancy-options counseling, adoption support, parenting support, and family-building guidance.
Patients Traveling From States With Bans
JustChoice's abortion patients come from surrounding states with abortion bans, according to spokesperson Maryam Modarressi, as reported by Axios. The organization typically schedules patients within the same week, Modarressi told the outlet. JustChoice says it has served 1,983 people since 2024 across its Cincinnati and Columbus locations, per the organization's own figures relayed by Axios.
A separate accounting from The Cut found that, as of mid-October, the nonprofit had served more than 1,000 clients this year alone, with about half seeking abortion or reproductive-health care and half seeking family-preservation services. The magazine reported the organization runs on a lean full-time staff of ten people, including social workers and medical staff who often split time between its two locations.
Beyond the Clinic: Housing, Diapers and Court Dates
JustChoice also helps families navigate financial hardship and housing instability, according to Axios, and provides case management, mutual aid and temporary family hosting. Volunteer host families care for children when parents temporarily cannot, the outlet reported, with the goal of helping prevent family separations. Assistance includes diapers, financial support, court-hearing accompaniment and treatment access.
The organization's work has, per Axios, included finding a host family for a pregnant teenager in juvenile detention so she could be in the community when she went into labor, and staff delivering an incarcerated mother's breast milk to her baby, who was experiencing withdrawal. Modarressi described the underlying philosophy to Axios: the work centers on believing in families, trusting women and mothers, and keeping families together to receive support.
A Model The Cut Calls First of Its Kind
The Cut described JustChoice's model as the first of its kind nationwide, calling it the first organization in the country to offer abortion care, adoption services, mutual aid and free parenting resources all under the same roof. The magazine's reporting included an account from an anonymized 19-year-old Ohio college student who said her medication-abortion visit at the Camp Washington center took under an hour and cost between $50 and $490, depending on what she could afford — compared with a quote of $500 to $650 she said she received from a local Planned Parenthood.
Ohio's Clinic Landscape
The broader context in Ohio shapes why a hybrid model like JustChoice's stands out. In 2026, 14 clinics in the state provide abortions, up from 10 in 2020, according to the Urban Institute, a figure that excludes hospitals and telehealth providers. The same research group reported that Ohio had 117 crisis pregnancy centers in 2025, more than eight times the number of abortion-providing clinics, and noted that these centers receive state funding.
The Cut, however, put that ratio differently, reporting that in Ohio, crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics 18 to 1. The evidence reviewed does not establish why the two figures diverge or what counting methods and dates each organization used. Separately, the Ohio Capital Journal reported that a multiyear study found access to abortion care has improved in Ohio, while remaining uneven and shaped by political, financial, institutional and geographic constraints.
Similar Efforts Outside Ohio
Ohio is not alone in building infrastructure to help people reach abortion care. In Illinois, Democratic lawmakers allocated $10 million in 2023 from the state health department to establish a hotline known as CARLA, run by the Chicago Abortion Fund and four area hospitals to coordinate care for people traveling into the state, according to The 19th. That outlet reported more than 1,000 people had received assistance through the hotline.
