This afternoon, with three onerous anti-abortion bills on the agenda, the Ohio House of Representatives voted 54-43 for the most extreme one: the so-called "heartbeat bill" which effectively bans all abortions. (It says abortion is illegal once a fetal heartbeat can be detected by any means, which can be as soon as a couple of weeks — long before many women even know they are pregnant). The bill now goes to the Senate which is likely to pass it and then to Governor John Kasich, who is certain to sign it.
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