¶ The Stakes
If Roe is overturned, Ohio’s current Attorney General has said he would ask a federal judge to allow Ohio to enact its heartbeat bill, whose implementation has been held up in court due to Roe up until now. This bill, currently on the books since 2019, prevents abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected, usually at 6 weeks into a pregnancy. [Cleveland.com, 5/5/22]
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The legislature would also likely pass one of two proposed trigger laws currently under consideration. These bills would ban all abortions unless necessary to protect the life of the pregnant person, without exceptions for rape or incest. [Springfield News-Sun, 5/8/22]
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Govenor DeWine has said he support legislation to ban all abortions in Ohio. [Cleveland.com, 5/5/22]
Bernie Moreno
Frank LaRose
Matt Dolan
JD Vance