Mike DeWine, who has promised to sign it into law and make Ohio one of the most restrictive states for women’s reproductive rights. Lawmakers who spoke in support of the bill during Wednesday’s vote quoted from the Bible and argued that life begins at conception. Advocates for abortion rights denounced Wednesday’s development and vowed to support the inevitable legal challenges against the bill. “And there’s no science or technology that we have that can replace that need.”So-called fetal heartbeat laws continue to spring up around the country. Governors in Mississippi and Kentucky both recently signed similar bills, and heartbeat legislation in Florida, Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas is expected to pass this year.

Source: Huffington Post April 10, 2019 23:37 UTC