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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOhio state representative says she would consider banning birth control following abortion outlaw
Cleveland.comCLEVELAND, Ohio -- State Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Clermont County Republican, said during a radio interview this week that she would entertain a debate about outlawing birth control in the wake of the United States Supreme Court overturning constitutional protections for abortion.
Schmidt made the comments during a Wednesday interview with 700WLWs Bill Cunningham in which she also said companies that provide travel expenses for employees to get abortion care could face legal consequences. Schmidt is the sponsor of a bill in the state legislature that would eliminate abortion from the time of conception, effectively outlawing it in the state.
When we get back into session, well probably have one or two more hearings on it and then it will go before our body and the Senate for a concurrent vote, Schmidt said. I do believe we have the votes in both chambers, and we have the full support of the governor on this bill.
Schmidt, who previously called a pregnancy caused by rape an opportunity for women, said there would be no carveout for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
You know, rape and incest is an ugly, ugly, ugly act of violence and that woman is truly harmed and scarred. Those wounds will never go away, she said. We need to make sure she has all of the love and help and support. But to end the pregnancy of the child is not going to erase the wounds or those scars. That child still has the right to life.
Schmidt made the comments during a Wednesday interview with 700WLWs Bill Cunningham in which she also said companies that provide travel expenses for employees to get abortion care could face legal consequences. Schmidt is the sponsor of a bill in the state legislature that would eliminate abortion from the time of conception, effectively outlawing it in the state.
When we get back into session, well probably have one or two more hearings on it and then it will go before our body and the Senate for a concurrent vote, Schmidt said. I do believe we have the votes in both chambers, and we have the full support of the governor on this bill.
Schmidt, who previously called a pregnancy caused by rape an opportunity for women, said there would be no carveout for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
You know, rape and incest is an ugly, ugly, ugly act of violence and that woman is truly harmed and scarred. Those wounds will never go away, she said. We need to make sure she has all of the love and help and support. But to end the pregnancy of the child is not going to erase the wounds or those scars. That child still has the right to life.
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Ohio state representative says she would consider banning birth control following abortion outlaw (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Jul 2022
OP
sakabatou
(42,134 posts)1. What a disgusting human being.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)2. Patriots are going to have to become VERY ANGRY...it is that simple.
dalton99a
(81,391 posts)3. "Your reproductive organs are for REPRODUCTION!!!"
Ohio Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland)
SharonAnn
(13,771 posts)6. She's known as "mean Jean"!
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)4. I didn't know mean Jean was still bumping around.
She used to be in the US Congress and got tossed out on her can in 2013. She was too far off the rails for even Clermont County OH which is saying something. Looks like fast forward to 2020 the MAGA era and they stuck her in the Ohio House.
This woman is quite possibly even more hateful than MTG or Bobo.
And make no mistake. It is entirely possible Ohio will outlaw all forms of birth control pills. Science has no part in the discussion.
Botany
(70,444 posts)7. Mean Jean (April 2022), "Pregnancy after rape, 'an opportunity'?"
PortTack
(32,699 posts)5. What in the ever loving is the logic? Her.. or that shit head thomas