In this way, Ohio aligns itself with five other American states that have approved similar restrictions, although in two cases they were rejected by state courts. Through transvaginal ultrasound technology, in the fetus the heartbeat can be detected already around the fifth or sixth week of gestation: a moment when, many women still do not realize they are pregnant. Ohio's pro-life bill, Furthermore, does not provide exceptions for either rape or incest. Also for these reasons, Democrats and abortionists have announced an appeal. In their opinion, the structure of the new state law openly contrasts with the principles of the sentence Roe vs Wade.
«I fear that many of our kids might leave, we risk losing many young people who do not want to live in an oppressive atmosphere», Democratic Congresswoman Michele Lepore-Hagan declared emphatically. Of a completely different opinion, Republican Congresswoman Candice Keller, who defined the bill as «the most compassionate we have ever approved».
The Republican congresswoman then added: «If we really want to empower the women of Ohio and this country, we should start telling the truth about the abortion industry and the enormous profits that are made from it at the expense of women». It must also be said, in honor of vero, than during the previous legislature, always in Ohio, similar legislation had already passed twice but, on both occasions, then-governor John Kasich, also a Republican, in contrast with its parliamentary majority, had vetoed, in order to prevent a possible judgment of unconstitutionality.
Luca Marcolivio