U.S. Judge Blocks Ohio Anti-Abortion Law
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking Ohio from enforcing a law that critics said could ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy.
U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett said the "Heartbeat Protection Act" signed by Republican Governor Mike DeWine in April imposed an "undue burden" on a woman's constitutional right to obtain a pre-viability abortion.
He said that to the extent Ohio is trying to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing the right to abortion, it must make its arguments in a higher court. -End.
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their pompous, imperious throats, and that any further attempts to restore it will fail, as well.
Can't believe these idiots decided they had to drag some children to the signing. Unbelievably silly. Maybe they should have brought videos of their conceptions, too.
Mike DeWine signs 'heartbeat' abortion bill into Ohio law.
