{"id":256678,"date":"2021-11-04T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=256678"},"modified":"2021-11-03T20:19:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T01:19:10","slug":"ohio-trigger-abortion-roe-wade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ohio-trigger-abortion-roe-wade\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio ‘trigger’ law would restrict abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ohio Senate Health Committee heard<\/a> testimony Wednesday on Senate Bill 123<\/a>, known as the Human Life Protection Act. The “trigger bill” would immediately restrict abortion in Ohio in the event that Roe v. Wade<\/em> is overturned, or an amendment is added to the U.S. Constitution that allows states to ban abortion.<\/p>\n

SB 123 would make abortion a felony of the first degree, unless it is “necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.” A second physician who does not have a working relationship with the first physician must also certify in writing that the abortion is necessary. That abortion must then be carried out in a hospital setting that has “appropriate neonatal services for premature infants,” and the termination of the pregnancy must be carried out in a way that “provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive,” unless the physician decides that such a delivery would cause a greater risk to the mother’s health or life than other methods of abortion.<\/p>\n

A preterm delivery is not an abortion<\/em><\/strong>. An abortion occurs when the purpose of the procedure is to intentionally cause the death of the preborn child. If preterm delivery or emergency C-section is used to save the mother’s life, this is not an abortion.<\/p>\n

READ: New Ohio \u20182363 Act\u2019 will protect preborn children from abortion at fertilization<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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