Ohio's Heartbeat Bill Becomes Law Hours After Roe v. Wade Decision

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Iris Harvey, CEO and president of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, decried the Supreme Court decision.
48% :"Democrats will continue protecting women's freedom to access the health care they need, including abortion," Russo added.
46% : "The most important thing that Ohioans need to know today is that abortion is still legal in Ohio," Kellie Copeland, executive director of Pro-Choice Ohio, told reporters on June 24.
45% : "The ruling in Dobbs represents a substantial change in the law, and abrogates the prior legal basis supporting this Court's Order enjoining enforcement of the challenged law."
44% : Huffman also said that he believes a lot more appeals will be filed byAmerican Civil Liberties Union groups and Planned Parenthood groups that support abortion.
38% : Because of the high court's decision, six of Ohio's abortion clinics could close if the state bans abortion.
36% : Lawmakers in the Republican-majority Ohio General Assembly are expected to pass a full ban on abortion later this year.
32% : The Supreme Court's June 24 majority opinion derived from Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which challenged the constitutionality of a Mississippi law passed in 2018 that banned abortion after the first 15 weeks of pregnancy.
32% : Huffman also told The Epoch Times that after Senate returns from its summer break in the fall, he expects that the Senate will pass the "Trigger Bill," making abortion illegal in Ohio.
32% : With Roe v. Wade's reversal, two bills in the Ohio General Assembly would ban abortion if they are passed.

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