Violations to the legislation could result in imprisonment
Republican led House and Senate in Ohio just approved a legislation that proposes to ban abortions after detection of a heartbeat which could mean as early as six weeks reports Huffington Post.
According to Huff Post, the law has received major flak from pro-abortion activists who say it is the most extreme abortion law yet. The law would ban abortion before most women realize they’re pregnant and practitioners who are found performing abortions after detection of a heartbeat could face a year in prison.
Dawn Laguens, a spokesperson for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund is quoted as saying, “After years of passing anti-abortion laws under the guise of protecting women’s health and safety, they lay bare their true motives: to ban abortion in the state of Ohio”.
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The bill was originally proposed in 2011 but failed to gain traction. However, after the election and subsequent win of Donald Trump, the House feels that Trump will elect anti abortion conservatives to the Supreme Court.
Ohio Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) told the Columbus Dispatch, “A new president, new Supreme Court appointees change the dynamic, and there was consensus in our caucus to move forward.”
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