· August 26, 2013

Legislation: Ohio House Bill 248 – The Heartbeat Bill

Bill: House Bill 248 (full text, official bill analysis) Title: The Heartbeat Bill Sponsors: Representative Hagan, C. and Representative Wachtmann Cosponsors:  Representatives Adams, J., Adams, R., Beck, Becker, Blair, Blessing, Boose, Brenner, Buchy, Burkley, Butler, Conditt, Derickson, Hackett, Hall, Hayes, Henne, Hill, Hood, Hottinger, Huffman, Johnson, Lynch, Maag, McClain, Retherford, Roegner, Romanchuk, Rosenberger, Ruhl, Schuring, Slaby, Smith, Sprague, Stautberg, Terhar, Thompson, Young Bill Analysis:  This bill would prohibit an abortion of a fetus with a detectable heartbeat. This means abortions as early as six to eight weeks of pregnancy would be prohibited. It creates additional inspections of facilities that perform abortions to ensure that they are in compliance with the reporting requirements set forth in this bill. The bill would also create the Joint Legislative Committee on Adoption Promotion and Support. Status: Introduced in the House August 21, 2013. Received hearings and defeated in the House on December 10, 2014.

House 12/10/2014
Yeas (Anti-Women): 47
Adams J.	Adams R.	Amstutz	Antani
Becker	Blessing	Boose	Brenner
Buchy	Burkley	Butler	Conditt
Damschroder	DeVitis	Derickson	Dovilla
Green	Hagan, C.	Hall	Hayes
Henne	Hill	Hood	Hottinger
Huffman	Johnson	Landis	Lynch
Maag	McClain	Pelanda	Perales
Retherford	Roegner	Romanchuk	Rosenberger
Ruhl	Scherer	Schuring	Smith
Sprague	Stautberg	Terhar	Thompson
Wachtmann	Young	Batchelder
Nays (Pro-Women): 40
Anielski	Antonio	Ashford	Baker
Barborak	Bishoff	Boyce	Brown
Carney	Celebrezze	Cera	Clyde
Driehaus	Duffey	Fedor	Foley
Gerberry	Gonzales	Grossman	Hackett
Hagan, R.	Heard	Kunze	Letson
Lundy	Mallory	McGregor	Milkovich
Patterson	Phillips	Pillich	Ramos
Rogers	Sears	Sheehy	Stebelton
Stinziano	Strahorn	Sykes	Winburn