{"id":317566,"date":"2024-08-22T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=317566"},"modified":"2024-08-21T18:33:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T23:33:37","slug":"media-complains-ohio-law-banning-eugenic-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-complains-ohio-law-banning-eugenic-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio law protecting preborn babies with Down syndrome is still in place, and the media is angry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An article published<\/a> at Cleveland.com lamented that a law protecting preborn children with Down syndrome from eugenics-based abortions is still in place, despite the approval<\/a> of a state constitutional amendment declaring a right to abortion. The article also shared a loophole in the law to help abortionists kill babies with Down syndrome without repercussions.<\/p>\n

Though the pro-abortion amendment took effect in December 2023, there are some pro-life laws still on the books \u2014 though blocked by legal challenges \u2014 including<\/a> a law ensuring parental permission for minors seeking an abortion, and a “heartbeat law” protecting preborn children beginning at about six weeks. The “heartbeat law” has been on hold due to a legal challenge. A 24-hour waiting period law is being challenged as well.<\/p>\n

Ohio’s Attorney General David Yost said at the time that the amendment, known as Issue 1, was approved, that it would invalidate those pro-life laws. He’s fighting<\/a> to keep them in place.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the law protecting preborn children from abortion if they receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome is still active. House Bill 214<\/a> took effect in 2020 after getting tied up in court for years. Under the law, abortionists who kill a preborn child because the baby may have or has been diagnosed with Down syndrome would face a fourth-degree felony, up to 18 months in prison, a $15,000 fine, and the loss of their Ohio medical license.<\/p>\n

Preterm-Cleveland, a well-known, dangerous<\/a> abortion facility, attempted to stop the law, arguing that it forced women to keep babies they didn’t want. The abortion business argued that the law doesn’t expand anti-discrimination laws, provide education or job training for Ohioans with Down syndrome, or educate parents of children who have the condition.<\/p>\n

Jessie Hill, an attorney for the pro-abortion groups behind the lawsuit, offered a solution, however. Hill said that if a woman is pregnant with a baby with Down syndrome and wants an abortion, she simply doesn’t have to tell the abortionist<\/em>. Though her regular OB\/GYN would know the truth, the abortionist wouldn’t \u2014 because, despite the pro-abortion claim that abortion “should be between a woman and her doctor,” the abortionist is a stranger to the woman<\/strong>. A very interesting admission.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on what the doctor knows about what the patient\u2019s reason for the abortion is. So if a patient gets a positive test and then goes to a clinic and doesn\u2019t mention it, as long as there\u2019s no other reason why the clinic would know that, it\u2019s not illegal for the patient to seek the abortion or the doctor to provide it,” Hill said.<\/p>\n

Coaxing women to lie to protect the abortionist<\/h3>\n

Hill is proving that the abortion industry is built on lies. According to Hill, the industry now expects women to lie to protect abortionists. The abortion industry has already been asking women who take the abortion pill to lie<\/a> to emergency room doctors when they suffer serious complications, potentially altering the course of treatment.<\/p>\n

And because no state allows for the prosecution of women who obtain abortions, the only one the woman is protecting by lying is the abortion provider, whether a doctor, nurse practitioner, or even some sort of mail-order service.<\/p>\n

It’s clear that what’s most important to abortionists is abortion sales, and they will exploit a woman’s shame and grief over abortion to protect themselves.<\/p>\n