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Related: About this forumAll eyes are on Texas, but OHIO is on the cusp of enacting radical restrictions on abortion rights
Ohio Lawmakers Are Using Their State Budget To Try To Restrict Abortion And Redefine Pregnancy
Ohio lawmakers are currently trying to pass a state budget, but many of the debates over the legislation have nothing to do with the states financial policies whatsoever. Abortion opponents have hijacked the budget negotiations to launch several attacks on womens health, tacking on provisions that would defund Planned Parenthood, shut down abortion clinics, and redirect state funding to right-wing crisis pregnancy centers. And the budget only continues to get worse for Ohio women.
On Tuesday, anti-abortion Republicans in the state added yet another budget provision related to reproductive health. The new amendment would require doctors to look for a fetal heartbeat before performing an abortion, presumably with an unnecessary ultrasound procedure, and then notify the woman about the presence of the heartbeat. Abortion doctors would also be required to tell women about the fetus likelihood of surviving to full term.
As the policy group Innovation Ohio notes, this language is borrowed from the controversial heartbeat ban that Ohio Republicans tried to push through last year. That radical legislation would have criminalized abortion after a fetal heartbeat could first be detected which typically occurs around six weeks, before many women even know theyre pregnant. Despite the fact that Republicans ultimately gave up on that measure at the end of last session, acknowledging it was too controversial to win support even among anti-choice groups, far-right abortion opponents vowed to keep trying.
Theyve found their chance with this budget amendment, which actually seeks to redefine the medical terms of pregnancy under Ohio law. The new provision defines a fetus as human offspring developing during pregnancy from the moment of conception and includes the embryonic stage of development and ultimately declares that pregnancy begins at fertilization. The commonly accepted scientific definition of pregnancy, however, is the point at which a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the uterine lining.
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Full article here: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/27/2221641/ohio-lawmakers-budget-abortion/
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All eyes are on Texas, but OHIO is on the cusp of enacting radical restrictions on abortion rights (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
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Freddie
(9,269 posts)1. Medically, pregnancy begins at implantation
Because at least 50% of all fertilized eggs fail to implant for natural reasons. If each fertilized egg is a "complete human soul", then God is pretty cavalier with them.
SharonAnn
(13,777 posts)2. I've never understood why the Catholic Church doesn't insist on baptizing every miscarriage.
Since baptism is/was necessary to get into Heaven (not sure about current doctrine)
Since life begins at conception and the zygote receives a soul immediately
Since a miscarriage is the ending of life for the fetus
Then Baptism should be performed. Actually, Last Rites should also be performed.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)3. not just miscarriages
They should baptize tampons and pads too.