Ohio Lawmaker Calls Pregnancy After Rape an "Opportunity"
In debating an anti-abortion bill, an Ohio lawmaker called pregnancy as a result of rape an "opportunity."
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In debating an anti-abortion bill, an Ohio lawmaker called pregnancy as a result of rape an "opportunity."
The bill had its first hearing in an Ohio House committee.
The Human Life Protection Act, House Bill 598, is a trigger ban. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion will be illegal in the vast majority of cases in Ohio.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle unloaded several questions about a bill — that would outlaw abortion in Ohio if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade — during its first House committee hearing.
Ohio's legislature is weighing a "trigger law" that seeks to outlaw abortion should the Supreme Court strike down Roe v. Wade.