Tomorrow's plan to unveil proposed Ohio legislation banning abortion after 18 days due to detectable heartbeat of unborn children has both pro-lifers and pro-choicers up in arms.
"When the Heartbeat Bill passes, it will be the most protective law in the nation," said Janet Folger Porter, president of conservative advocacy group Faith2Action, who helped craft the bill, and was also instrumental in passing the nation's first ban in partial-birth abortion when she was legislative director of Ohio Right to Life.
In contrast, Ohio Right to Life executive director Michael Gonidakis told Fox News, "Unfortunately, the Heartbeat Bill will not survive a court challenge, and therefore not save one life."
However, pro-choicers are adamantly opposed to the bill at any cost: "Our state is facing crushing budget deficits and talking about slashing Medicaid funding for thousands of Ohio women, yet these politicians are focusing on an extreme and unconstitutional bill that, if passed, would entangle our state in a costly legal battle," said Kelly Copeland, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio.
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