Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to criminalize abortion

By Ian M. Giatti - Posted at The Christian Post:

Prenatal Equal Protection Act seeks to 'entirely abolish abortion,' overturn 2023 amendment

Two Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would outlaw all abortions and treat them as homicide in the state of Ohio.

The "Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act,” introduced by state Reps. Levi Dean, R-Xenia, and Johnathan Newman, R-Troy, last Wednesday, seeks to “entirely abolish abortion” by granting criminal and civil protections from the point of fertilization and overturning a 2023 amendment to the state constitution that establishes "an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion.”

Under the bill, which has six co-sponsors, the state of Ohio would uphold the U.S. Constitution by “protecting the lives of preborn persons with the same criminal and civil laws protecting the lives of born persons by repealing provisions that permit willful prenatal homicide or assault,” including the 2023 amendment.

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