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“Heartbeat” backers, opponents plan Tuesday rallies
Supporters and opponents of the “Heartbeat” bill plan rallies Tuesday with the legislation now before the Ohio Senate.
The legislation would ban an abortion once a heartbeat is detected.
Backers of House Bill 125, already approved by the House, said they will stage a three-hour rally starting at 11 a.m. in the Statehouse Atrium.
“This may be the most important pro-life rally you have ever attended,” Janet Folger Porter, Faith2Action president, said in a press release. “It will signal the end of abortion on demand. Babies with beating hearts are about to be protected.”
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, a key opponent, however, plans to kick off its “Trust Women Watch” outside the Statehouse, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., a press release said.
“We will be a constant reminder to legislators that Ohioans are in no mood for an anti-choice agenda to take over the Statehouse,” Kellie Copeland, the group’s executive director, said in the release.
John McClelland, spokesman for Senate President Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond, said the “Heartbeat” bill still is under review and no action has been scheduled.
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By sigh
September 19, 2011 10:12 PM | Link to this
“Trust Women”? We tried that. 40 million dead babies were the result. NARAL does not speak for me as an Ohioan. I am perfectly ready for a so-called “anti-choice agenda.” I’ll even say it explicitly: women, I am opposed to your “right” to kill your babies, and I hope to see the day it is rightfully rescinded.