Ohio legislature pass 'heartbeat' abortion bill. Gov. DeWine says he will sign the bill, while opponents threaten to sue.
State Rep. Michele Lepore-Hagan, a Democrat from a storied Youngstown political family, shed tears during the debate, exasperated at a bill she said would harm Ohio and its future.
State Rep. Candice Keller, a Middletown Republican, called the legislation"the most compassionate bill we've ever passed." During floor debate Wednesday, two female representatives who said they had been raped, slammed the bill for not making exceptions for rape and incest. Another female lawmaker said her great-grandmother bled to death in a bath tub trying self-administer an abortion.
Cackovic said the heartbeat prohibition would require women who want an abortion to determine they're pregnant using an over-the-counter pregnancy test and to race to have the procedure between four and five weeks into pregnancy.
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