Friday, December 16, 2016

Abortion U.S.A: Part (1): Ohio's "heartbeat bill." Significant Development: Ohio Governor John Kasich has vetoed the "Heartbeat Bill" that is the subject of this post - but has approved a law that bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy...""The vetoed proposal, commonly referred to as the "heartbeat bill," would have been the nation's strictest time-based legislation, banning abortions around six weeks. But abortion rights advocates said the 20-week ban is troubling on its own, the latest abortion restriction passed under Kasich's watch. Pro-life advocates, meanwhile, welcomed the decisions as a step closer to challenging Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationwide."


MAJOR DEVELOPMENT:  Ohio Governor John Kasich has vetoed the "Heartbeat Bill" that is the subject of this post - but has approved a law that bans abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. See CNN story at the link below: "The vetoed proposal, commonly referred to as the "heartbeat bill," would have been the nation's strictest time-based legislation, banning abortions around six weeks. But abortion rights advocates said the 20-week ban is troubling on its own, the latest abortion restriction passed under Kasich's watch. Pro-life advocates, meanwhile, welcomed the decisions as a step closer to challenging Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal nationwide."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/13/politics/ohio-abortion-bill-veto/