The bill signed on Wednesday also states, “the pregnant woman is responsible for the costs related to the final disposition of the fetal remains at the chosen location.”
Those who are found to have failed to meet the requirements defined in the bill are subject to face, “a misdemeanor of the first degree.” If cremation is chosen as the form of disposal then the remains must either be placed in a grave, crypt, or niche or scattered in a dignified manner.
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Laurel Powell of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio told local ABC-affiliate News 5 the law was not necessary.
“This is honestly just a familiar ploy by these lawmakers who use the chaos of the end of year session to try and pass these unpopular bills,” Powell told the news station. “Studies have repeatedly shown that the majority of Ohioans support access to safe and legal abortion care.”
Ohio Lawmakers Vote to Abolish Telemedicine Abortions
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Lawmakers push abortion restrictions, gun rights expansion
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Ohio lawmakers push abortion restrictions, gun rights expansion
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins - Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Republican lawmakers have sent bills to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine that would increase abortion restrictions, expand gun rights and ban the execution of the severely mentally ill.
The measures come as the House and Senate wrap up business during the lame duck session before a new General Assembly takes office in January.
On Friday, there appeared to be some movement at the Statehouse on a resolution to the law at the center of a $60 million bribery probe. Two GOP lawmakers used a legislative procedure to try to shift the Legislature to separate repeal efforts following months of infighting within the caucus on the fate of the now-tainted legislation.