Born-Alive Infant Protection Act

S.B. 208

Status:  Passed the Ohio Senate- November 6, 2019 & Introduced in the Ohio House- November 12, 2019

Senate Bill 208 would require a report to be created by the Ohio Department of Health for the abortionist to file if a baby is born alive during a botched abortion. It would also require that the doctors perform lifesaving treatment to the baby, as they would to an infant born alive in any other situation.

Parenting and Pregnancy Support Program

Passed both houses and signed into law

Gov. Mike DeWine signed H.B. 166 with $7.5 million allocated for the Parenting and Pregnancy Support Program – July 18, 2019

In the last three budget cycles, we pursued discretionary TANF dollars to be allocated to funding the work of life-affirming pregnancy centers across the state. In 2015, Ohio Right to Life successfully pursued an increase in funding to increase the number of women who could be served by centers using the funds.

Unborn Child Dignity Act

S.B. 27

Status:  Passed the Ohio Senate – March 27, 2019;  Sponsor Testimony in the Ohio House Civil Justice Committee – April 9, 2019

This bill seeks to promote the dignity of the unborn through proper burial while strengthening Ohio’s laws on informed consent. Deceased unborn infants deserve the same respect as other human beings. Currently, the Ohio Revised Code prohibits the trafficking of the products of conception (2919.14) yet fails to establish protocols regarding the humane disposal of aborted infants. Several states, including Indiana, have enacted legislation to ensure that miscarried, stillborn, or aborted infants are treated with dignity. If enacted, this legislation would require the Ohio Department of Health to establish rules for the proper disposal of products of conception and define “humane disposal” as earthly burial or cremation.

Abortion Trafficking Prevention Act

No Bill Number Yet

Status:  Awaiting Introduction

The legislation would prevent fetal tissue trafficking from taking place in Ohio. Federal law currently bans this practice, but a loophole allows tissue traffickers to compensate abortion clinics for services related to the trafficking of fetal tissue, including storage and transportation. This bill would make the exchange of any form of compensation for fetal tissue or organs illegal and would make the activity a third-degree felony.

Human Heartbeat Protection Act

Status:  Passed both houses and signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine – April 11, 2019

This legislation would prohibit abortion when a human heartbeat can be detected. An abdominal ultrasound can detect a heartbeat between eight and twelve weeks. Any physician who performs an abortion after a fetal heartbeat has been detected would have to demonstrate they did so to save the life of the mother. A recent Marist Poll found that 80% of Americans want to limit abortions no later than three months of pregnancy (12 weeks).