Ohio law

Red states are tripping over each other trying to get more and more restrictive anti-abortion laws on the books before the Supreme Court (and its pro-life Trump majority) makes a decision on abortion.

One of the latest laws in Ohio has no exception for victims of incest or rape ...

Ohio lawmaker calls pregnancies from rape an ‘opportunity’ for victims

An Ohio lawmaker proposing a near-total abortion ban was given a hypothetical: A 13-year-old girl is raped and becomes pregnant as a result. Would the Republican’s bill force that teenager to have her rapist’s baby?

Yes — and the resulting child would be an “opportunity,” state Rep. Jean Schmidt said this week.

“It is a shame that it happens, but there’s an opportunity for that woman, no matter how young or old she is, to make a determination about what she’s going to do to help that life be a productive human being,” she said ...

I have no words. Actually, I did have words but they were so angry I had to delete them. If the Republicans have their way, we'll be back in the 1950s. I was there - trust me, it wasn't great.