{"id":65368,"date":"2015-06-26T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=65368"},"modified":"2015-06-26T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:41:04","slug":"20-week-abortion-ban-passes-ohio-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/20-week-abortion-ban-passes-ohio-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"20 week abortion ban passes Ohio Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>S.B. 127, legislation to ban abortion at 20 weeks, cleared the Ohio Senate 23-9 on Wednesday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/06\/24\/us-usa-abortion-ohio-idUSKBN0P42NA20150624\">Reuters reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, which Ohio Right to Life calls a \u201cpro-life \u2018litmus test,\u2019\u201d is based on fetuses\u2019 ability to feel pain at approximately five months of pregnancy and makes only one exception for medical emergencies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The bill is expected to easily pass the Republican-controlled House when it considers the bill this fall, and be signed into law by pro-life Governor John Kasich, though it may be challenged in court, as similar laws in <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/243446-court-nixes-idahos-20-week-abortion-ban\">Idaho<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2014\/01\/13\/court-wont-revive-arizona-20-week-abortion-ban\/\">Arizona<\/a> have been.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion defenders deny that fetuses can feel pain at this stage of pregnancy. \u201cMedical decisions need to be based on science and patient needs and not the whim of state Legislature,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.org\/newsx\/ohio-news\/51234-ban-on-abortions-after-20-weeks-clears-ohio-senate\">said<\/a> Erika Boothman of Ohio State University Medical Students for Choice. But <a href=\"\/news\/how-the-media-promotes-junk-science-on-fetal-pain\/\">James Agresti has recently written on Live Action News<\/a> that several medical authorities, including the <em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em> and <em>Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy<\/em>, indicate that fetuses can actually feel pain earlier than 20 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohiolife.org\/press-releases\/2015\/6\/24\/ohio-senate-passes-pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act.html\">press release<\/a> celebrating the vote, Ohio Right to Life notes that according to polling by Quinnipiac University, limiting abortion to the first 20 weeks is backed by 60% of Americans, 59% of women, and 56% of independents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S.B. 127, legislation to ban abortion at 20 weeks, cleared the Ohio Senate 23-9 on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The bill, which Ohio Right to Life calls a \u201cpro-life \u2018litmus test,\u2019\u201d is based on fetuses\u2019 ability to feel pain at approximately five months of pregnancy and makes only one exception for medical emergencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":65421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473],"tags":[1851,19,473,668,3854],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>20 week abortion ban passes Ohio Senate - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/20-week-abortion-ban-passes-ohio-senate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"20 week abortion ban passes Ohio Senate - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"S.B. 127, legislation to ban abortion at 20 weeks, cleared the Ohio Senate 23-9 on Wednesday, Reuters reports. 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