Think Progress, May 7, 2012 by Igor Volksy The Republican Senate president in Ohio is lashing out against radical pro-life activists who are pressuring conservatives in the state to advance the so-called heartbeat bill, which would outlaw abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The measure has already passed the House and […]
May 3, 2012
Columbus Dispatch, May 3, 2012 by Catherine Candisky President Tom Niehaus says he won’t pass legislation to essentially outlaw abortion in Ohio. House Bill 125, the so-called heartbeat bill, triggered an unprecedented split in Ohio’s anti-abortion community, which disagreed about whether it was a good legal strategy to enact legislation almost certain to be declared […]
April 19, 2012
City Beat, April 19, 2012 by Hannah McCartney One of nation’s harshest anti-abortion bills still stalled in Ohio Senate “WE ARE ABOUT TO END ALMOST EVERY ABORTION IN OHIO!” proclaims the heading at heartbeatbill.com, the brainchild of the bill’s most staunch supporters. That’s a terrifyingly bold statement, and it’s one that’s not entirely true. What […]
April 19, 2012
Port Clinton News Herald, April 19, 2012 by Paul E. Kostyu 3 women drafted Ohio heartbeat bill, one doctor pushes for personhood bill Three women dressed in pajamas at a sleepover in November 2010 used a whiteboard to draft an anti-abortion measure that split the pro-life movement, backed Republican lawmakers into a corner — and […]
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