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Less than an hour after it was announced that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a motion to lift an injunction against Ohio's "heartbeat bill."
And by last Friday evening, the bill — officially called the "Human Rights and Heartbeat Protection Act" — became law.
The law bans abortions in Ohio after six weeks of gestation. It is called the "Heartbeat Protection Act" because physicians are required to determine if there is a detectable fetal heartbeat before conducting an abortion. If there is, the procedure cannot move forward.
The law does provide two exceptions, however. An abortion can be conducted after the six-week mark if a physician finds the procedure "necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman." It can also be conducted if there is no fetal heartbeat.
The state defines conditions that pose a serious risk to a pregnant person as:
- Pre-eclampsia
- Inevitable abortion
- Premature rupture of the membranes
It does not include:
The law contains no exceptions for rape or incest. It also only applies to what the state describes as "intrauterine pregnancies."
- "A condition related to the woman's mental health"
Physicians are required to record and report the medical condition necessitating each patient's abortion and the "medical rationale" behind their decision. That documentation must be kept by the doctor for at least seven years.
Pregnant people are also required to sign a form acknowledging the presence of a fetal heartbeat and the statistical probability the fetus could be carried to term, as told to them by their physician.
Doctors who perform an abortion in violation of the law can be charged with a fifth-degree felony.
Thank you.
And of course BEING TEN, means that there was a very good chance of "a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman."
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