Ohio Senate OKs abortion ban after 20 weeks

[The Straight Story]

Ohio took another step toward outlawing late-term abortions with yesterday's Senate approval of a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy if a doctor determines that the fetus could live outside the womb.

The 24-8 vote was the latest in a series of actions this year on abortion-related bills in the Republican-controlled legislature.

Using an example of a baby born at 24 weeks where doctors fight to save the child versus a fetus that is aborted after the same point in the pregnancy, Sen. Peggy Lehner, the bill sponsor, asked, "What kind of schizophrenic society allows choice to be the only difference in the lives of these two babies?"

The Kettering Republican also wanted to know: "Isn't there some point during pregnancy where reasonable people can agree that abortion can no longer be an option?"

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