Ohio Governor vetoes 'heartbeat' abortion ban, signs 20-week legislation

[Eugene]

EDIT: Link now available.

Original headline: Ohio Governor John Kasich vetoes 6-week 'heartbeat' abortion legislation

The updated link is more of a mixed bag.

U.S. | Tue Dec 13, 2016 | 4:48pm EST

Ohio Governor vetoes 'heartbeat' abortion ban, signs 20-week legislation

By Kim Palmer | CLEVELAND

Republican Governor John Kasich signed into law a 20-week abortion ban on Tuesday, vetoing a stricter legislation that would have banned abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks after conception.

Kasich, an abortion opponent, said in a statement that the proposed six-week legislation runs contrary to U.S. Supreme Court rulings on abortion and that the veto was "in the public interest."

(Writing by Timothy Mclaughlin in Chicago; Editing by Sandra Maler)

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ohio-abortion-idUSKBN1422PT

[Blue Shoes]

1. Good.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Good for him. I really did not think he would veto it.

I thought he was a hard-liner "pro-life" person.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. I felt the same. I'm glad to see this.

[BeyondGeography]

3. Bans 20-week+ abortions

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/kasich-vetoes-bill-banned-abortions-6-weeks-article-1.2909661

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Tuesday imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at the first detectable fetal heartbeat.

Kasich acted on both proposals the same day they landed on this desk.

The so-called heartbeat bill would have prohibited most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into pregnancy — or before many women know they are pregnant. Its provisions cleared the Republican-led Legislature during a lame-duck flurry last week after being tucked into separate legislation.

Similar measures elsewhere have faced legal challenges, and detractors in Ohio feared such legislation would lead to a costly fight in the courts. Opponents predicted it would be found unconstitutional, a concern Kasich shared.

Kasich, an abortion-rights opponent, chose instead to sign off on a 20-week ban similar to those now in effect in 15 states and blocked from enforcement in two others. The measures are based on the assertion that fetuses can feel pain then. Opponents have challenged the "pain-capable" characterization as scientifically unsound. Ohio lawmakers rejected a Democratic amendment that would have added exceptions for rape and incest.

[yallerdawg]

4. It's not just the Supreme Court, dumbasses.

Women's rights are human rights!

[sheshe2]

7. You...

[spanone]

5. good.

[sheshe2]

8. Thank the goddess!