{"id":192625,"date":"2018-12-12T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=192625"},"modified":"2018-12-13T12:01:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:01:56","slug":"ohio-senate-banning-abortion-heartbeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ohio-senate-banning-abortion-heartbeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Senate passes bill banning abortion after detectable heartbeat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A bill banning abortion<\/a> after a fetal heartbeat can be detected has passed the Ohio Senate<\/a>\u00a0by an 18-13 vote.\u00a0Last month, the Ohio House also\u00a0voted in favor of the bill<\/a> 58-35, but the Senate did make some changes<\/a>, meaning the bill will now have to be approved by the House again before Governor John Kasich can sign it or veto.<\/p>\n

The Senate removed the mandate for transvaginal ultrasounds, which can pick up a heartbeat as early as six weeks, and instead merely requires abdominal ultrasounds, which some see as less invasive for women. \u201cWe found that (a transvaginal ultrasound) process is possibly intrusive and we wanted to protect the rights of women who didn\u2019t wish to have that done to them,” Senate Health Committee Chairman Dave Burke said.<\/p>\n

According to the Dayton Daily News, one study has found that abdominal ultrasounds can detect a heartbeat as early as seven weeks.<\/p>\n