‘Heartbeat’ abortion bill heads to the desk of Ohio Gov. John Kasich

As the OH legislature considers bills in the last days of lame duck session before the year’s end, significant amendments are being added to various laws to pass additional legislation. The group is instead supporting legislation that would ban abortions at 20 weeks.

The new bill is reported to be the most strict in the nation regarding abortions.

Such laws are among the latest in abortion opponents’ attempts, going back to the first battles following the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, to discourage abortions by creating obstacles for women and their providers.

After years of trying to get the so-called Heartbeat Bill passed, and more than a year after it passed the House, Janet Folger Porter of Faith2Action was giddy after the Senate passed it 21 to 10. The law’s backers say the election of Donald Trump-and the promise that he’ll appoint Supreme Court justices friendly to their cause-have empowered them to move forward on the extreme measure.

“We in this chamber discuss the opportunities for children all in the context of education, medication and infant mortality”, Jordan said on the Senate floor according to the Dealer. If he fails to veto the legislation in that time, the bill becomes law. That was an opinion he shared with groups including Ohio Right to Life, which said it could backfire on the anti-abortion movement if a federal judge ends up striking down other abortion restrictions along with the heartbeat law.

The Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police and the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association oppose the bill.

However, CNN reported that the American Civil Liberties Union of OH has already said it would mount a legal challenge if the bill becomes law. A similar bill was ruled unconstitutional in Arkansas. Kasich has expressed concern that the Ohio bill might not be constitutional, saying in 2014 that he “share [d] the same concerns as Ohio Right to Life” that it could not survive a legal challenge.

And then as now, women put their own lives up for scrutiny to try to make a point about decency and medicine and what it means to have a hand on the levers of your own life. “The amendment has no exceptions in the bill for rape, incest, or to protect the health of the woman and would criminalize doctors who perform abortion procedures, regardless of the reason”.

OH anti-choicers beat their chests while endorsing the legislation.

OH is not the first state to use a heartbeat as a milestone to ban abortion all but outright.

“It’d be nice if the legislature would actually be doing something about jobs and doing something about renewable energy standards and keeping the economy growth going that way instead of passing unconstitutional bills”, the senator said, going on to list pieces of legislation he believed Ohio’s lawmakers should be working on instead.

The ACLU of OH warned that if Kasich signs the controversial bill into law they will fight it.

“I think it has a better chance than it did before”, Faber said.

The ACLU of OH tweeted, “Just a reminder, if the unconstitutional #HeartBeatBill passes and becomes law, we will challenge it in court”.

In an interview with “60 Minutes” last month, Trump said opposition to abortion would be a criteria for nominating justices.

“The judges will be pro-life”, he said.