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The heartbeat bills are based on model legislation created by Faith2Action, a conservative Christian ministry from Ohio advocating for abortion restrictions. Its founder and leader, Janet Porter, said that she was frustrated by what she saw was slow progress in banning pregnancy termination around the United States.
Abortion in Ohio is legal up to the point of fetal viability as a result of abortion rights being placed into the Ohio State Constitution by November 2023 Ohio Issue 1. [1]A "heartbeat bill" that banned abortions after six weeks of gestational age that was enacted before Issue 1 was challenged in court, with the Attorney General of Ohio and other Republican leaders in Ohio defending it in court.
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine admitted that the law he signed, which supporters called the "heartbeat bill," was out of step with what Ohioans wanted. The ballot initiative passed in November with ...
An Ohio judge permanently struck down the state's ban on abortion after about six weeks on Thursday and criticized its Republican attorney general for attempting to circumvent the will of Ohioans ...
Jun. 29—Ohio's abortion clinics are suing to stop enforcement of the "Heartbeat Bill," which bans abortion after five or six weeks' gestation. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of ...
In April 2019, the Ohio legislature passed and Governor Mike DeWine signed a "heartbeat bill" that banned abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, [5] which usually occurs about six weeks after conception, before many know they are pregnant. [23] The bill allowed exceptions for threats to the mother's life, but not for rape or incest. [5]
Passage of Issue 1 would effectively counteract Ohio’s “heartbeat bill,” which snapped into place immediately after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022 ended the constitutional ...
Jun. 28—The parking lot of Dayton Women's Med Center in Kettering was busier than usual Monday as patients inside tried to understand their options now that abortions are banned in Ohio after ...