{"id":198581,"date":"2019-03-16T05:56:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T10:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=198581"},"modified":"2019-04-10T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T21:12:46","slug":"ohio-senate-heartbeat-bill-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ohio-senate-heartbeat-bill-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Senate passes heartbeat bill again, passage in House likely"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By a vote of 19-13, the Ohio Senate has once again passed a “heartbeat bill” banning abortion after a detectable heartbeat in the first trimester, possibly as early as six weeks. The bill will now move on to the House. And this time, the governor of the state has said that if it passes, he will sign it<\/a>. Governor Mike DeWine, the state’s former attorney general, replaced Governor John Kasich, who twice vetoed heartbeat bills<\/a> passed by the Legislature. The second time, the Legislature failed to override his veto<\/a> by just one vote.<\/p>\n

FOX News<\/a>\u00a0writes:<\/p>\n

The bill’s sponsor, State Sen. Kristina Roegner, said using the existence of a fetal heartbeat as the defining line is clearer than determining the fate of a fetus based on its growth outside the womb, a marker established in court precedent. Roegner said viability can vary depending on the technology available and the medical care.<\/em><\/p>\n

“[Viability] is a moving target, and we need a new standard,” she said. “The heartbeat bill provides a sensible solution.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The bill, writes FOX, “includes an exemption if a mother\u2019s life is at risk” but none for rape or incest.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Good news: Ohio has banned dismemberment abortions Ohio<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n