posted by gut
I agree. It's unclear to me whether or not this was actually illegal in Ohio. But that's beside the point.
However, there seems to be broad support for rape/incest exemptions. And there also seems to be broad support for a 15 week law. So maybe complain to the people you're voting for instead of excoriating random people on the internet that disagree with you.
First off, been traveling and holiday for a bit, but did want to say my bad about assuming and the whole LinkedIn post. On a reread looks like I assumed what you were talking about. My bad on that one.
Also, catching up here, jmog did say many pages ago he is in support of carve outs for exceptions.
On this post. I think it is open if the 10 year could have gotten the abortion here. Read this morning, from the Dispatch, that doctors think the health and safety of the mother exception may not have flown here in the state of Ohio. The law is pretty murky on that and doctors, facing a penalty and losing their license, may not want to risk being the first to challenge the law.
You also say there is broad support for exceptions, but not here. The current law in Ohio that was passed in 2019, signed by the Governor and went into effect once Roe went down, says no abortions after 6 weeks only exception being the murky life of the mother. That law is not changing given the makeup of the statehouse and the fact Dewine is likely going to win again in November.
There are numerous bills in the hopper in the statehouse that also have Republican support and are likely going to pass during the lame duck, including ones that completely ban abortions with the only exception being health of the mother, which again is murky.
You could say ok, reach out to your state rep and let them know or vote them out. My rep is Kris Jordan who is very very pro life and supports all bans on abortions. My Senator is Andrew Brenner, who is also very pro-life, so they are not rolling back any laws here. They are also locked in to very safe seats thanks to the gerrymandered maps passed, so I highly doubt any law that you support could even sniff the floor of the statehouse here.
That leaves the federal route right? Well, my new rep is Jim Jordan...so he isn't changing his mind on abortion. The Congress also cannot agree on where the lines are as previous attempts have died in the Senate.