ACTION ALERT: Abortion Ban Passes Out of Ohio House, Moves to Senate

 

Down Syndrome Abortion Ban (HB214) Passes Out of Ohio House, Moves to Senate

After passing out of the Ohio House Health Committee by a 12-5 vote along party lines, the Down syndrome abortion ban (HB214) headed to the full Ohio House today. After debate on the bill (and a number of tabled amendments) the Ohio House voted 63-30 to pass the bill.

This bill would charge a doctor with a fourth degree felony if they performed an abortion procedure for a woman if the reason for seeking to terminate the pregnancy is in part due to a Down syndrome diagnosis.

During a time when Ohio women and families are facing a complex prenatal diagnosis, lawmakers should not stand in the way of a health care decision that should, instead, be a decision informed by comprehensive medical information and made in consultation with a woman’s family and doctor.

The bill now moves over to the Ohio Senate to be taken up in Committee. We need your help to stop this dangerous, unconstitutional attack on reproductive health care.

The Ohio legislature has continued to advance abortion bans like this one, which make it more difficult and costly – and sometimes completely impossible – for women to access reproductive health care. Take action to stop the bans!

1. Click here to find the contact information for your State Senator and urge them to end their attacks on abortion access, including legislation like the Down syndrome abortion ban (HB 214).
2. Use the email contact form from our partners at NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio to send an email to your legislators urging them to stop the bans.
3. Then, get active on social media using the hashtag #StopTheBans to make it clear Ohioans want lawmakers to stop passing harmful bans on reproductive health care.