Highlights:
Mother Jones Headline: “How Ohio Gov. John Kasich Is Making Life Hell For Women Seeking Abortions.” [Mother Jones, 7/27/15]
2015: Mother Jones: Kasich “Has Signed Every Single Restriction On Abortion And Family Planning That Has Landed In Front Of Him.” According to Mother Jones, “The newest GOP candidate has signed every single restriction on abortion and family planning that has landed in front of him. Ohio Gov. John Kasich, the latest Republican to step into the presidential fray, has widely been labeled the moderate in a GOP field that tilts sharply to the right. Climate change? It’s real. Common Core educational standards? He’ll take it. Medicaid expansion? Sure. Immigration reform? He’s open to the possibilities. But his celebrated moderation disappears when it comes to reproductive rights. The religious * former congressman and two-term governor is a hardliner on abortion: As governor he’s signed and supported some of the most stringent anti-abortion legislation in the country.” [Mother Jones, 7/27/15]
Politico Headline: “On Abortion, Kasich Is No Moderate.” [Politico, 2/5/16]
Kasich Called Himself “Pro-Life” And Said That “Moving In The Direction Of The Earliest The Better” When It Came To Abortion Bans. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, ‘“I’m pro-life,’ Kasich told a crowd at the Columbus Metropolitan Club Wednesday. ‘I think the issue, whether you’re pro-life or you’re pro-choice, is moving in the direction of the earliest the better and not the latest.’” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
Cincinnati Enquirer: “Kasich Just Signed One Of The Most Restrictive Abortion Bans In The Nation.” According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich just signed one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the nation. […] On Friday, Kasich signed Senate Bill 145, which would ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation and penalize doctors who perform them. Physicians could face a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison, for the procedure. The proposal, which would ban most abortions as early as 12 weeks gestation, has no exception for rape or incest but does allow for an abortion to save a woman’s life.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
Kasich’s Law Banned Abortions As Early As 12 Weeks Gestation. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich just signed one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the nation. […] On Friday, Kasich signed Senate Bill 145, which would ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation and penalize doctors who perform them. Physicians could face a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison, for the procedure. The proposal, which would ban most abortions as early as 12 weeks gestation, has no exception for rape or incest but does allow for an abortion to save a woman’s life.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
The Ban Did Not Include Exceptions For Rape Or Incest. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich just signed one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the nation. […] On Friday, Kasich signed Senate Bill 145, which would ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation and penalize doctors who perform them. Physicians could face a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison, for the procedure. The proposal, which would ban most abortions as early as 12 weeks gestation, has no exception for rape or incest but does allow for an abortion to save a woman’s life.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
Kasich’s Law Could Have Imprisoned Doctors For Up To 18 Months. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich just signed one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the nation. […] On Friday, Kasich signed Senate Bill 145, which would ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation and penalize doctors who perform them. Physicians could face a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison, for the procedure. The proposal, which would ban most abortions as early as 12 weeks gestation, has no exception for rape or incest but does allow for an abortion to save a woman’s life.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
Ohio Right To Life’s President Said They Were “Immensely Grateful” To Kasich For Signing The Abortion Ban. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ohio Right to Life, which lobbied for the ban on dilation and evacuation abortions, applauded Kasich’s efforts to restrict abortion in the state. ‘Ohio Right to Life is immensely grateful to our governor and our pro-life legislature for prioritizing this crucial legislation,’ said Mike Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life, in a statement.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
Kasich Signed A Budget Which Included Provisions Making It Harder For Abortion Providers To Get Emergency Care Transfer Agreements, Which Were Required By Law, By Blocking Such Agreements With Publicly Funded Hospitals. According to the Toledo Blade, “Before signing a $62 billion, two-year budget into law tonight, Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto pen to strike language seen as a barrier to progress on expanding Medicaid while talks continue on the broader expansion the governor has sought. But he left intact all of the controversial provisions seen as restricting abortions as well as language allowing local government bodies to meet secretly behind closed doors in executive session when discussing economic incentive packages for businesses. […] Those provisions included language making it tougher for abortion clinics to get emergency care transfer agreements that they must have with a local hospital in order to keep their licenses by prohibiting publicly funded hospitals from entering into such arrangements.” [Toledo Blade, 6/30/13]
After The Budget Was Signed, Multiple Women’s Health Clinics Were Forced To Close. According to the Columbus Dispatch “With the closure of two more abortion clinics and a third on the brink of shutting down, Ohio women will have fewer places to terminate pregnancies than perhaps any time since the immediate years after the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973.” [Columbus Dispatch, 10/17/13]
The Resulting Closure Of Women’s Health Clinics Left Ohio Women With Less Access To Abortion Than At Any Time Since Roe v. Wade. According to the Columbus Dispatch “With the closure of one abortion clinic and two more on the brink of shutting down, Ohio women will have fewer places to terminate pregnancies than perhaps anytime since the immediate years after the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973. A suburban Cincinnati clinic’s appeal to remain open was rejected last week by the Ohio Department of Health. The clinic has 10 days to appeal, which they plan to do next week. Last month a Cleveland facility closed and a Toledo center remains open during an appeal of its closure order.” [Columbus Dispatch, 10/17/13]
Kasich Signed A Budget Included Legislation Requiring Abortion Providers To Perform Unnecessary Ultrasounds Before They Could Move Forward With An Abortion. According to the Toledo Blade, “Before signing a $62 billion, two-year budget into law tonight, Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto pen to strike language seen as a barrier to progress on expanding Medicaid while talks continue on the broader expansion the governor has sought. But he left intact all of the controversial provisions seen as restricting abortions as well as language allowing local government bodies to meet secretly behind closed doors in executive session when discussing economic incentive packages for businesses. […] A last-minute addition that requires a doctor to performing abortions to first perform an ultrasound to detect a fetal heartbeat and then offer to let the woman seeking an abortion hear or see that heartbeat. Failure to following this procedure could lead to criminal prosecution of the doctor.” [Toledo Blade, 6/30/13]
Toledo Blade: “Failure To Following This Procedure Could Lead To Criminal Prosecution Of The Doctor.” According to the Toledo Blade, “Before signing a $62 billion, two-year budget into law tonight, Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto pen to strike language seen as a barrier to progress on expanding Medicaid while talks continue on the broader expansion the governor has sought. But he left intact all of the controversial provisions seen as restricting abortions as well as language allowing local government bodies to meet secretly behind closed doors in executive session when discussing economic incentive packages for businesses. […] A last-minute addition that requires a doctor to performing abortions to first perform an ultrasound to detect a fetal heartbeat and then offer to let the woman seeking an abortion hear or see that heartbeat. Failure to following this procedure could lead to criminal prosecution of the doctor.” [Toledo Blade, 6/30/13]
2016: Kasich Signed Legislation Forbidding Ohio From Contracting With Health Care Providers That Provided Abortion Care, Like Planned Parenthood, Blocking $1 Million In Family Planning Funds. According to CNN, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Sunday prohibiting the state from contracting for health services with any organization that performs or promotes abortions, blocking government funds to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood isn’t explicitly named in the legislation, but the law will prevent more than $1 million in funding from the state health department from going to the nonprofit to fund programs such as HIV testing, health screenings and prevention of violence against women.” [CNN, 2/21/16]
2013: Kasich Signed Legislation Stripping Planned Parenthood Of $1.4 Million In Family Planning Funds. According to Vox, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich has also ‘defunded’ Planned Parenthood before; he signed a budget in 2013 that stripped $1.4 million in family planning funds from the organization.” [Vox, 8/12/16]
2016: Kasich Signed A Ban On Abortion After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy. According to the New York Times, “Gov. John Kasich of Ohio on Tuesday signed into law a ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.” [New York Times, 12/13/16]
Kasich Signed An Abortion Ban With No Exception For Rape Or Incest. According to the New York Times, “The 20-week ban has no exceptions for rape or incest.” [New York Times, 12/13/16]
The ACLU Of Ohio Said The Ban Was “Unconstitutional” And Warned It Would “Harm Women And Families.” According to the New York Times, “The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, which said on Tuesday that the measure was ‘unconstitutional and will harm women and families,’ was expected to file a suit to block it.” [New York Times, 12/13/16]
2011: Kasich Signed Legislation Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy If A Doctor Had Determined That A Fetus Was Viable Outside Of The Womb. According to Reuters, “Ohio Governor John Kasich signed into law on Wednesday a ban on late-term abortions, the latest of several anti-abortion measures passed this year by Republican-controlled state legislatures. The Ohio law bans abortions after 20 weeks if a doctor determines that the fetus is viable outside the womb.” [Reuters, 7/20/11]
Kasich Signed Legislation Banning Abortions Based On A Down Syndrome Diagnosis. According to the Associated Press, “Ohio is prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome, joining other states with similarly strict legislation. Republican Gov. John Kasich signed the legislation into law on Friday. Lawmakers had sent the bill to him earlier this month, in one of their last acts of the year.” [Associated Press, 12/23/17]
Kasich’s Law Would Charge Medical Providers With A Fourth-Degree Penalty If They Performed Abortions In Such Cases. According to the Associated Press, “It makes performing an abortion in such cases a fourth-degree felony and requires the state medical board to revoke the physician’s license if convicted. Pregnant women involved in such procedures won’t be penalized.” [Associated Press, 12/23/17]
2011: Kasich Signed A Law Requiring A Minor Seeking An Abortion To Have Parental Permission Or A Court Order. According to the Columbus Dispatch, “House Bill 63 Signed: Nov. 4, 2011; Effective: Feb. 2, 2012 A minor seeking an abortion must have her parents’ permission or a court order from a judge, called a ‘judicial bypass,’ saying an abortion is in her best interest. The law tightens access to a judicial bypass by requiring courts to explain the emotional and physical risks of an abortion and to ask if a minor had been instructed on how to testify at the hearing.” [Columbus Dispatch, 2/5/19]
Kasich Signed A Ban On Abortion As Early As 12 Weeks Gestation Without Exceptions For Rape Or Incest. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich just signed one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the nation. […] On Friday, Kasich signed Senate Bill 145, which would ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation and penalize doctors who perform them. Physicians could face a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison, for the procedure. The proposal, which would ban most abortions as early as 12 weeks gestation, has no exception for rape or incest but does allow for an abortion to save a woman’s life.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
2016: Kasich Signed A Ban On Abortion After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy. According to the New York Times, “Gov. John Kasich of Ohio on Tuesday signed into law a ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.” [New York Times, 12/13/16]
Kasich Signed An Abortion Ban With No Exception For Rape Or Incest. According to the New York Times, “The 20-week ban has no exceptions for rape or incest.” [New York Times, 12/13/16]
2018: Kasich Signed An Abortion Ban That Could Have Imprisoned Doctors For Up To 18 Months. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ohio Gov. John Kasich just signed one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the nation. […] On Friday, Kasich signed Senate Bill 145, which would ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure called dilation and evacuation and penalize doctors who perform them. Physicians could face a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in prison, for the procedure. The proposal, which would ban most abortions as early as 12 weeks gestation, has no exception for rape or incest but does allow for an abortion to save a woman’s life.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 12/21/18]
2017: Kasich Signed Legislation Banning Abortions Based On A Down Syndrome Diagnosis. According to the Associated Press, “Ohio is prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome, joining other states with similarly strict legislation. Republican Gov. John Kasich signed the legislation into law on Friday. Lawmakers had sent the bill to him earlier this month, in one of their last acts of the year.” [Associated Press, 12/23/17]
Kasich’s Law Would Charge Medical Providers With A Fourth-Degree Penalty If They Performed Abortions In Such Cases. According to the Associated Press, “It makes performing an abortion in such cases a fourth-degree felony and requires the state medical board to revoke the physician’s license if convicted. Pregnant women involved in such procedures won’t be penalized.” [Associated Press, 12/23/17]
2013: Kasich Signed A Budget Included Legislation Requiring Abortion Providers To Perform Unnecessary Ultrasounds Before They Could Move Forward With An Abortion. According to the Toledo Blade, “Before signing a $62 billion, two-year budget into law tonight, Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto pen to strike language seen as a barrier to progress on expanding Medicaid while talks continue on the broader expansion the governor has sought. But he left intact all of the controversial provisions seen as restricting abortions as well as language allowing local government bodies to meet secretly behind closed doors in executive session when discussing economic incentive packages for businesses. […] A last-minute addition that requires a doctor to performing abortions to first perform an ultrasound to detect a fetal heartbeat and then offer to let the woman seeking an abortion hear or see that heartbeat. Failure to following this procedure could lead to criminal prosecution of the doctor.” [Toledo Blade, 6/30/13]
Toledo Blade: “Failure To Following This Procedure Could Lead To Criminal Prosecution Of The Doctor.” According to the Toledo Blade, “Before signing a $62 billion, two-year budget into law tonight, Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto pen to strike language seen as a barrier to progress on expanding Medicaid while talks continue on the broader expansion the governor has sought. But he left intact all of the controversial provisions seen as restricting abortions as well as language allowing local government bodies to meet secretly behind closed doors in executive session when discussing economic incentive packages for businesses. […] A last-minute addition that requires a doctor to performing abortions to first perform an ultrasound to detect a fetal heartbeat and then offer to let the woman seeking an abortion hear or see that heartbeat. Failure to following this procedure could lead to criminal prosecution of the doctor.” [Toledo Blade, 6/30/13]
1997: Kasich Voted For Medical Board Hearings For Doctors Facing Charges Of Performing Partial Birth Abortions. In 1997, Kasich voted to allow a doctor facing a penalty under the Partial Abortion Ban to have a hearing before a state medical board to determine whether the procedure was necessary and to clarify the definition of the outlawed procedure. The bill would impose penalties on doctors who perform certain abortion procedures in which the person performing the abortion partially delivers the fetus before completing the abortion. The bill provides an exception when the procedure was necessary to save the life of the woman.” [HR 1122, Vote #500, 10/8/97]
2000: Kasich Voted For A Ban On So-Called “Partial Birth” Abortions. In 2000, Kasich voted to ban a certain late-term abortion procedure, in which the physician partially delivers the fetus before completing the abortion. Anyone convicted of performing such an abortion would be subject to a fine and up to two years in prison. The bill allows the father, if he’s married to the mother, or maternal grandparents, if the mother is under 18, to file a civil lawsuit against the doctor for monetary damages. The penalties would not apply if the abortion were necessary to save the woman’s life. [HR 3660, Vote #104, 4/5/00]
1998: Kasich Voted To Override The Veto Of The Ban On So-Called “Partial Birth” Abortions. In 1998, Kasich voted to override President Clinton’s Oct. 10, 1997 veto of the bill to ban certain late-term abortion procedures. [HR 1122, Vote #325, 7/23/98]
1997: Kasich Voted To Ban So-Called “Partial Birth” Abortions. In 1997, Kasich voted to impose penalties on doctors who perform certain abortion procedures, in which the person performing the abortion partially delivers the fetus before completing the abortion. An exception would be granted where the procedure was necessary to save the life of the woman. [HR 1122, Vote #65, 3/20/97]
1995: Kasich Voted To Ban Abortion Later In Pregnancy Even If It Threatened Life Of Woman. In 1995, Kasich voted to ban so-called late term abortions even in cases where the life of the mother was threatened. Rep. Nancy L. Johnson, a pro-choice Republican from Connecticut, argued that the bill did not include exceptions for doctors who performed the procedure to save the life of the mother. “Why endanger her for a fetus that can’t eat, has no kidneys, no heart?” she asked. [HR 1833, Vote #756, 11/1/1995]
2011: Kasich Signed A Law Requiring A Minor Seeking An Abortion To Have Parental Permission Or A Court Order. According to the Columbus Dispatch, “House Bill 63 Signed: Nov. 4, 2011; Effective: Feb. 2, 2012 A minor seeking an abortion must have her parents’ permission or a court order from a judge, called a ‘judicial bypass,’ saying an abortion is in her best interest. The law tightens access to a judicial bypass by requiring courts to explain the emotional and physical risks of an abortion and to ask if a minor had been instructed on how to testify at the hearing.” [Columbus Dispatch, 2/5/19]
1999: Kasich Voted To Make It A Federal Crime To Transport A Minor Across State Lines To Obtain An Abortion. In 1999, Kasich voted to make it a federal crime for anyone other than a parent to transport a minor across state lines with the intent that she obtain an abortion and circumvent state parental-consent laws. [HR 1218, Vote #261, 6/30/99]
1999: Kasich Voted Against Making It Legal To Transport A Minor Across State Lines For The Purpose Of An Abortion If The Person Is An Adult Sibling, Grandparent, Or Religious Leader. In 1999, Kasich voted against seeking an amendment to the Child Custody Protection Act that declares the prohibitions on transporting minors across state lines to circumvent parental consent laws do not apply to adult siblings, grandparents, ministers, rabbis, pastors, priests, or any other religious leader of the minor. [HR 1218, Vote #260, 6/30/99]
1996: Kasich Voted To Require Public Clinics To Encourage Family Involvement With Minors. In 1996, Kasich voted to require public clinics to encourage family participation in the decision of a minor to seek family planning services. [HR 3755, Vote #311, 7/11/1996]
1993: Kasich Supported Requiring Parental Consent For Minors Seeking Abortions. In 1993, Kasich voted to require parental notification before minors could have abortions at federally funded clinics. [HR 670, Vote #106, 3/25/93]
2000: Kasich Voted In Favor Of Prohibiting Minors From Obtaining Emergency Contraception Pills At School-Based Health Centers. In 2000, Kasich voted to instruct conferees to accept language in the Senate version of the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that prohibits elementary and secondary schools from distributing post-coital emergency contraception, or the ‘morning after pill,’ to minors. [HR 4577, Vote #481, 9/19/00]
1998: Kasich Voted To Require Parental Consent For Contraceptives For Minors. In 1998, Kasich voted to require parental consent or notification before minors can receive contraceptives from federally supported family planning clinics. [HR 4274, Vote #504, 10/8/98]
2000: Kasich Voted In Favor Of Prohibiting Minors From Obtaining Emergency Contraception Pills At School-Based Health Centers. In 2000, Kasich voted to instruct conferees to accept language in the Senate version of the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that prohibits elementary and secondary schools from distributing post-coital emergency contraception, or the ‘morning after pill,’ to minors. [HR 4577, Vote #481, 9/19/00]
1998: Kasich Voted To Require Parental Consent For Contraceptives For Minors. In 1998, Kasich voted to require parental consent or notification before minors can receive contraceptives from federally supported family planning clinics. [HR 4274, Vote #504, 10/8/98]
1998: Kasich Voted Against Contraceptive Coverage For Federal Employees. In 1998, Kasich voted against prohibiting the Office of Personnel Management from accepting a contract that provides coverage for prescription drugs unless the plan also provides equivalent coverage for prescription contraception drugs. [HR 4104, Vote #290, 7/16/98]
1993: Kasich Voted Against Funding Abortions. In 1993, Kasich voted to prohibit funds in the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill from being spent for an abortion except when it is made known that it is a case of rape, incest or necessity to save the woman’s life. [HR 2518, Vote #307, 6/30/93]
1988: Kasich Voted Against Federal Funding For Abortions. In 1988, Kasich voted to prohibit the use of federal funds appropriated for the District of Columbia, and any city funds, to perform abortions. [HR 4776, Vote #203, 6/28/88]
1995: Kasich Voted To Allow States To Withhold Medicaid Funding For Abortions. In 1995, Kasich voted to allow states to withhold Medicaid funding for abortions except in cases where the life of the woman would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. [HR 2127, Vote #619, 8/3/95]
1996: Kasich Voted To Bar Federal Funding For Abortion Even In Cases Of Rape Or Incest. In 1996, Kasich voted against an amendment to allow poor women to receive abortions in cases of rape or incest. According to the Washington Times, the “House turned aside an attempt by Democrats and liberal Republicans to give states the option of funding abortions for rape and incest victims under Medicaid.” [HR 3019, Vote #51, 3/7/96]
1992: Kasich Voted To Ban Abortion Counseling In Federal Clinics. In 1992, Kasich voted against reauthorizing Title X of the Public Health Service Act for five years through fiscal year 1997. The bill would overturn the administration’s ban on abortion counseling at federally funded family planning clinics. [HR 3090, Vote #95, 4/30/92]
1991: Kasich Voted Against Abortion Counseling At Federally Funded Clinics. In 1991, Kasich voted against overriding President Bush’s veto of the appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. The measure would block enforcement of the administration rule, known as the “gag rule,” barring abortion counseling in federally funded family planning clinics. [HR 2707, Vote #403, 11/19/91]
2000: Kasich Voted To Forbid U.S. Family Planning Assistance For Any Foreign Organization That Provides Abortions Or Counsels Women Seeking Advice On Abortion. In 2000, Kasich voted against striking the foreign relations appropriations bill’s ‘Mexico City’ restrictions on international family planning, which restricts U.S. funding to any private, non-governmental or multilateral organization that uses its own funds to directly or indirectly perform abortions in a foreign country. [HR 4811, Vote #396, 7/13/00]
1999: Kasich Voted Against Restoring The $25 Million U.S. Contribution To The United Nations Population Fund, Even Though Funding For Abortions Would Be Prohibited. In 1999, Kasich voted against restoring the $25 million U.S. contribution to the United Nations Population Fund. The amendment would specifically prohibit any U.S. funds from being used in China, and withhold those funds if the funds are used to pay for abortions. The amendment would reduce the U.S. contribution to the fund by the amount the Population Fund plans to spend in China. [HR 2415, Vote #312, 7/20/99]
1999: Kasich Voted To Bar U.S. Population Control Funds To Foreign Organizations That Perform Abortions. In 1999, Kasich voted to bar U.S. population control funds to foreign organizations that perform abortions, except when the life of the mother is in danger, or in cases of rape or incest. The amendment also would bar funds to organizations which violate the abortion laws of foreign countries or that lobby to change the laws of foreign countries. [HR 2606, Vote #349, 7/29/99]
1997: Kasich Voted Against Funding International Family Planning Even If Organizations Do Not Promote Abortions. In 1997, Kasich voted against allowing organizations that do not promote abortion as a method of family planning and that utilize funds to prevent abortion as a method of family planning to remain eligible for international family planning funding. The amendment would also prohibit funding for lobbying for or against abortion and bans funding for the U.N. Population Fund unless the president certifies that the organization has ceased all activity in China. [HR 2159, Vote #362, 9/4/97]
2000: Kasich Voted To Block The FDA From Developing Drugs To Chemically Induce Abortions. In 2000, Kasich voted to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from using funds to test, develop or approve any drug for the chemical inducement of abortion. [HR 4461, Vote #373, 7/10/00]
1999: Kasich Voted To Block The Food And Drug Administration From Approving Any Drug That Induces Abortion. In 1999, Kasich voted to prohibit the use of any Agriculture Appropriations funding for the Food and Drug Administration to test, develop, or approve any drugs for the chemical inducement of abortion. [HR 1906, Vote #173, 6/8/99]
2000: Kasich Voted For A Gag Rule Preventing Doctors From Offering Abortion Advice. In 2000, Kasich voted for an amendment to a physicians’ collective bargaining bill, which banned doctors from negotiating against health plan restrictions that forbid them from giving referrals for abortion, or offering counseling about abortion. [HR 1304, Vote #371, 6/30/00]
1995: Kasich Voted To Deny Abortion Services To Military Victims Of Rape, Even If Women Paid For The Procedure. In 1995, Kasich voted against a substitute amendment that would have allowed women in the service to obtain an abortion if raped if they paid for the procedure themselves. Specifically, the amendment would allow abortions to be performed at medical treatment or other Defense Department facilities if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or, in the case of treatment facilities located outside the U.S., if the cost incurred for the procedure is fully reimbursed with private funds. [HR 2126, Vote #641, 9/7/95]
1990: Kasich Voted Against Allowing Abortions At Overseas Military Hospitals. In 1990, Kasich voted against providing military personnel and their dependents stationed overseas with reproductive health services, including privately paid abortions, at military hospitals. [HR 4739, Vote #342, 9/18/90]
1995: Kasich Voted To Allow Abortion Services To Military Servicemembers Only To Save Mothers’s Lives. In 1995, Kasich voted to allow abortions at overseas military facilities if the life of the woman is endangered. According to the Omaha World Herald, the amendment “would prohibit overseas U.S. military medical facilities from performing privately-funded abortions. The amendment would allow exceptions to save the life of the mother, but not in cases of rape and incest.” [HR 2126, Vote #642, 9/7/95]
1994: Kasich Opposed Making Obstructing Access To Abortion Clinics A Federal Crime. In 1994, Kasich voted against establishing federal criminal and civil penalties for persons who use force, the threat of force or physical obstruction to block access to abortion clinics.” [S 636, Vote #159, 5/5/94]
1995: Kasich Voted Against Using Federal Block Grants To Protect Abortion Clinics. In 1995, Kasich voted against an amendment to explicitly allow money from the block grants to be used for protection at abortion clinics. [HR 728, Vote #125, 2/14/95]
1999: Kasich Voted To Establish Separate Criminal Penalties For The Harming Of A Fetus During The Commission Of A Violent Crime. In 1999, Kasich voted to make it a criminal offense to injure or kill a fetus during the commission of a violent crime. The measure would establish criminal penalties for those who harm a fetus, regardless of the perpetrator’s knowledge of the pregnancy or intent to harm the fetus. The bill states that its provisions should not be interpreted to apply to consensual abortion or to a woman’s actions with respect to her pregnancy. [HR 2436, Vote #465, 9/30/99]
1993: Kasich Voted Against Using Fetal Tissue From Induced Abortions For Research. In 1993, Kasich voted against codifying the Clinton executive order lifting the ban on fetal tissue research from induced abortions. The bill would have also authorized $6.6 billion for the National Institutes of Health in fiscal year 1994 and such sums as necessary in fiscal year 1995-96. [HR 4, Vote #69, 3/11/93]
1995: Kasich Voted Against Removing The Ban On Research Using Human Embryos. In 1995, Kasich against an amendment to strike legislative language regarding labor, education and abortion, including provisions to prohibit funding for carrying out executive orders prohibiting federal contractors from permanently replacing striking workers; prohibit the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from developing ergonomic standards; prohibit funding for the Office of the Surgeon General; prohibit funding for the direct student loan program; prohibit Medicaid funding of abortions except when the life of the woman is in danger; prohibit funding for research on human embryos; and prohibit federal funds or grants from being used for political advocacy. [HR 2127, Vote #611, 8/2/95]