Ohio Fetal Heartbeat Bill Passed
Ohio Fetal Heartbeat Bill Passed: Actually a Trio of Anti-Abortion Bills
"The Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passed by the Republican-led House on Tuesday, June 29, 2011. The Republicans also passed two additional restrictions on Tuesday related to abortions. Another strike against women's rights?
"House Bill 125 by Rep. Lynn R. Wachtmann, R-Napoleon, would outlaw abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, generally six to seven weeks into pregnancy," reports Catherine Candisky of The Columbus Dispatch."
The Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passed by the Republican-led House on Tuesday, June 29, 2011. The Republicans also passed two additional restrictions on Tuesday related to abortions. Another strike against women's rights?
"House Bill 125 by Rep. Lynn R. Wachtmann, R-Napoleon, would outlaw abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, generally six to seven weeks into pregnancy," reports Catherine Candisky of The Columbus Dispatch.
The Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passed gives the state of Ohio the United States' most restrictive anti-abortion law. This is probably because it is a trio of bills that the Republican majority House is trying to pass.
The Ohio fetal heartbeat law passed was not the only abortion-related women's rights that were stomped on Tuesday. "The Ohio House also passed two other abortion restrictions Tuesday, one that would ban late-term abortions after 20 weeks if a doctor determines that the fetus is viable outside the womb. Another bill excludes abortion coverage from the state insurance exchange created by the federal care law," reports Norm Van Ness of Toledo on the Move News.
The second in the trio is the personhood bill. This means that if a woman is more than 20 weeks pregnant and a doctor says that the fetus in her can survive outside of her, she cannot have an abortion. No ifs, ans or buts. Roe v. Wade states that abortion is legal up until a woman's 22 to 24 weeks pregnant.
The third bill that follows the Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passing is a bill that will affect women who were hoping to possibly using some type of healthcare coverage for non-therapeutic abortions. The House stomped all over this and prohibited all qualified health plans from being able to provide coverage to women who wished to have abortions for non-therapeutic reasons.
Prior to Roe v. Wade, "back alley abortions" were not unheard of. This means that women were having abortions by those unqualified to do them in unsanitary conditions, or worse, performing abortions on themselves. If abortion were to ever become outlawed again in the United States, abortions will not cease to occur, they will simply occur in the "back alley" manner again, and far more women will be at risk for the associated "back alley" dangers.
It shouldn't be too surprising that Ohio's Republican-led House are busy concerning themselves with their ideals and not thinking about what is truly best for the people of the state. It is a growing trend among politicians: not for the people, never the people.
Source: http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979538064
What kills me is that no one is talking about it here... No one.
"The Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passed by the Republican-led House on Tuesday, June 29, 2011. The Republicans also passed two additional restrictions on Tuesday related to abortions. Another strike against women's rights?
"House Bill 125 by Rep. Lynn R. Wachtmann, R-Napoleon, would outlaw abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, generally six to seven weeks into pregnancy," reports Catherine Candisky of The Columbus Dispatch."
The Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passed by the Republican-led House on Tuesday, June 29, 2011. The Republicans also passed two additional restrictions on Tuesday related to abortions. Another strike against women's rights?
"House Bill 125 by Rep. Lynn R. Wachtmann, R-Napoleon, would outlaw abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, generally six to seven weeks into pregnancy," reports Catherine Candisky of The Columbus Dispatch.
The Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passed gives the state of Ohio the United States' most restrictive anti-abortion law. This is probably because it is a trio of bills that the Republican majority House is trying to pass.
The Ohio fetal heartbeat law passed was not the only abortion-related women's rights that were stomped on Tuesday. "The Ohio House also passed two other abortion restrictions Tuesday, one that would ban late-term abortions after 20 weeks if a doctor determines that the fetus is viable outside the womb. Another bill excludes abortion coverage from the state insurance exchange created by the federal care law," reports Norm Van Ness of Toledo on the Move News.
The second in the trio is the personhood bill. This means that if a woman is more than 20 weeks pregnant and a doctor says that the fetus in her can survive outside of her, she cannot have an abortion. No ifs, ans or buts. Roe v. Wade states that abortion is legal up until a woman's 22 to 24 weeks pregnant.
The third bill that follows the Ohio fetal heartbeat bill passing is a bill that will affect women who were hoping to possibly using some type of healthcare coverage for non-therapeutic abortions. The House stomped all over this and prohibited all qualified health plans from being able to provide coverage to women who wished to have abortions for non-therapeutic reasons.
Prior to Roe v. Wade, "back alley abortions" were not unheard of. This means that women were having abortions by those unqualified to do them in unsanitary conditions, or worse, performing abortions on themselves. If abortion were to ever become outlawed again in the United States, abortions will not cease to occur, they will simply occur in the "back alley" manner again, and far more women will be at risk for the associated "back alley" dangers.
It shouldn't be too surprising that Ohio's Republican-led House are busy concerning themselves with their ideals and not thinking about what is truly best for the people of the state. It is a growing trend among politicians: not for the people, never the people.
Source: http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979538064
What kills me is that no one is talking about it here... No one.