Ohio Senate passes bill requiring more medical care for infants who survive abortions [View all]
The GOP-controlled Ohio Senate passed a bill that could threaten two Southwest Ohio abortion clinics and require doctors to provide additional care for infants who survive an abortion procedure.
Changes in Senate Bill 157, which passed the Ohio Senate 25-6 Wednesday, would expand current Ohio law, which bans abortion manslaughter, to preserve the health and not just the life of an infant born alive after an abortion. The bill would require physicians to report infants "born alive" after abortions to the Ohio Department of Health.
If passed, a doctor would need to provide post-birth care for the infant, call for assistance from an emergency medical services provider and arrange for a transfer to a hospital.
Physicians who don't could face a first-degree felony, punishable by up to 11 years in prison. Doctors who don't file the report could face a third-degree felony. Those who received abortions could later sue physicians for abortion manslaughter.
Read more: https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/politics/2021/10/27/ohio-senate-set-pass-bill-expanding-abortion-manslaughter-adding-restriction-sw-ohio-abortion-clinic/8554198002/
(Canton Repository)
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