February 13, 2019

Ban on aborting babies with heartbeats reintroduced in Ohio as new governor stands ready to sign

Ban on aborting babies with heartbeats reintroduced in Ohio as new governor stands ready to sign

Pro-lifers in the Ohio legislature moved Tuesday to reintroduce a bill protecting preborn babies with beating hearts from abortions, confident it will finally become law now that Mike DeWine has replaced John Kasich as governor.

Senate Bill 23 is virtually identical to legislation unsuccessfully pushed last year, which would ban aborting any baby with a detectable heartbeat, except in cases of a physical threat to the mother. Preborn babies’ heartbeats can be detected around six weeks into pregnancy; violating physicians would face up to a year in prison.

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