Ohio Boneless Wings Case Dissent Warns of Abortion Access Effect

The Ohio Supreme Court’s Republican majority on Monday said it wouldn’t reconsider its ruling that diners eating boneless wings can reasonably expect to encounter bones, drawing sharp dissents including one suggesting implications for a widely expected decision on abortion rights.

The decision not to reconsider the ruling contained no legal reasoning, but noted that Democratic Justices Jennifer Brunner, Michael P. Donnelly, and Melody J. Stewart disagreed. The 4-3 breakdown is the same as the initial ruling in July, which drew national attention and jokes from comedians Stephen Colbert and Lewis Black.

Donnelly, who lost his re-election bid and will ...