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Thu Mar 25, 2021, 06:34 AM Mar 2021

Battle Brews Over Ohio's "Abortion-Ban Trigger" Bill

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A consequential debate over the future of reproductive rights could soon be coming to the Ohio Statehouse.

Senate Bill 123 is the latest so-called "trigger ban" to be introduced in Ohio.

Should the current majority of the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the bill would ban all abortions in Ohio, except those necessary to save the mother's life.

Allie Frazier, director of communications for Ohio Right to Life, argued the landmark case was wrongly decided and is outdated.

"We know a lot more about life than we did back in the 1970s, with the advent of ultrasounds and our understanding of what when human life begins, and what women's empowerment means," Frazier contended.

Read more: https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/03/24/battle-brews-over-ohios-abortion-ban-trigger-bill

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