Ohio Senate Passes Extreme Anti-Choice Heartbeat Bill, Citing Trump Victory

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Ohio Senate Passes Extreme Anti-Choice ‘Heartbeat Bill,’ Citing Trump Victory
By Miranda Blue | December 6, 2016 5:36 pm

The Ohio state Senate passed a so-called “heartbeat bill” today that would ban abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy, or before some women even know they are pregnant. The language of the bill, which is the brainchild of Ohio Religious Right activist Janet Porter, was inserted by Republican lawmakers into an unrelated measure involving the state’s child abuse and neglect laws. If approved by the state House, the bill would head to the desk of the Gov. John Kasich.

Cleveland.com reports that Ohio Right to Life and leading Republicans in the state, including Kasich and Senate President Keith Faber, have resisted the bill in the past because it would be unlikely to survive court challenges. But, Faber said, his caucus decided to resurrect the bill because the election of Donald Trump, who has said he will nominate opponents of Roe v. Wade to the Supreme Court, has changed the dynamic”

Porter said in October that Rep. Steve King of Iowa is set to introduce her bill at the federal level.


http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/ohio-senate-passes-extreme-anti-choice-heartbeat-bill-citing-trump-victory/

[madaboutharry]

1. These people are scary.

They won't be happy until we live in a theocracy.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. And that is exactly what Pence wants: a theocracy. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I am aghast at this.

That's really going to bring the nation together.

This will only make desperate women more desperate.

[spanone]

4. fucking crazy

[Lotusflower70]

5. This pisses me off

So sick and tired of men deciding what is right for women and our own bodies. This isn't 1950, get your sanctimonious asses away from women's reproductive rights. Fuckers!