HB 125 - The Heartbeat Bill (2011-2012)

  • Status: Failed
  • Bill Number: HB 125
  • Latest Update: August 6, 2012
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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.”

Jurisdiction/Legislation Level

State

LCS Legislation Status

http://lsc.state.oh.us/coderev/hou129.nsf/House+Bill+Number/0125?OpenDocument

Committees

Health and Aging (H)

Authors:
Rep. Wachtmann (R)
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.

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