HB 125 – The Heartbeat Bill (2011-2012)
Link to Bill:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_HB_125
Summary:
HB 125, more popularly known as “The Heartbeat Bill,” is a bill to modify Ohio law to require doctors to search for a fetal heartbeat and to ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detectable, unless there is a medical emergency that would put the woman at risk of death or “substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.”
Primary Sponsors:
Rep. Wachtmann (R) Secondary Sponsors:
J. (R),
R. (R),
Rep. Adams,
Rep. Amstutz (R),
Rep. Baker (R),
Rep. Balderson (R),
Rep. Batchelder (R),
Rep. Beck (R),
Rep. Blair (R),
Rep. Blessing (R),
Rep. Boose (R),
Rep. Brenner (R),
Rep. Bubp (R),
Rep. Buchy (R),
Rep. Burke (R),
Rep. Butler (R),
Rep. C. Hagan (R),
Rep. Carey (R),
Rep. Combs (R),
Rep. Conditt (R),
Rep. Derickson (R),
Rep. Dovilla (R),
Rep. Gardner (R),
Rep. Gonzales (R),
Rep. Goodwin (R),
Rep. Grossman (R),
Rep. Hackett (R),
Rep. Hall (R),
Rep. Hayes (R),
Rep. Henne (R),
Rep. Hottinger (R),
Rep. Huffman (R),
Rep. Johnson (R),
Rep. Kozlowski (R),
Rep. Landis (R),
Rep. Maag (R),
Rep. Martin (R),
Rep. McClain (R),
Rep. Mecklenborg (R),
Rep. Newbold (R),
Rep. Peterson (R),
Rep. Roegner (R),
Rep. Rosenberger (R),
Rep. Ruhl (R),
Rep. Schuring (R),
Rep. Sears (R),
Rep. Slaby (R),
Rep. Snitchler (R),
Rep. Sprague (R),
Rep. Stautberg (R),
Rep. Thompson (R),
Rep. Uecker (R),
Rep. Young (R)
Committee:
Health and Aging (H)
LSC Legislation Status:
http://lsc.state.oh.us/coderev/hou129.nsf/House+Bill+Number/0125?OpenDocument
Jurisdiction/Legislation Level:
State
Our take on this bill:
