Ohio Legislature Approves Ultra-Strict ‘Heartbeat Bill’ On Abortion

“Banning women from getting a medical procedure is out of touch with Ohio values and is completely unacceptable”, abortion-rights advocacy group NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio said in a statement.

While this does not mean that the heartbeat law will be found constitutional and upheld in OH, it is a foreshadowing to what could start to happen under this new administration.

The ban, which is thought to prevent abortion at the point when a fetus could feel pain, isn’t as unique as the heartbeat bill passed earlier this week. Critics say the bill goes further than any other “sunset” law in the nation.

The “heartbeat” bill now stands with Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Renewable and efficiency standards were frozen in 2014 and are slated return to force next year unless Kasich signs the freeze.

The ACLU of OH has already promised to challenge it if Gov. Kasich signs the bill into law.

Yet, in spite of their highly disputed status, fetal heartbeat bills have been a pervasive part of the pro-life movement for the past few years, and the OH bill is merely the most recent iteration of this trend.

The Heartbeat Bill is considered one of the strictest in the country, as it outlaws abortions even in cases of incest or rape. This will be the strictest legislation on abortion to pass in almost 20 years.

“Everyone is swept up in Trumpmania, but let’s be realistic”, Gonidakis told Cincinnati.com.

Sen. Charleta Tavares, D-Columbus, was among Democrats who lamented they could not vote for autism coverage for which they long have fought because the bill also weakend housing civil-rights laws. But according to the AP, he has previously said he would be concerned that a law like this would be unconstitutional. Bill Coley (R-Liberty Township). The end of the year is near and the Ohio Legislature is working quickly to tie up loose ends ahead of its winter break. Similar to Copeland, Laguens also suggested that the move was made in part due to the Republican party wins during the recent November election. But Roe v. Wade is settled law upheld most recently by the Whole Women’s Health decision which overturned undue burdens on women’s access to abortion.

The statements fired up OH lawmakers, apparently.

“I think it has a better chance than it did before”, Faber added. This six-week time period detailed in the ban is considerably early, as most women aren’t even aware that they’re pregnant by then.

A total abortion ban was introduced in IN just days after the election; the Indy Star reports that the lawmaker who introduced it acknowledged that it intentionally challenged the Supreme Court’s decision, claiming “the Supreme Court is wrong with Roe v. Wade, and they don’t have jurisdiction in this manner”.