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State Senate Squashes Controversial Abortion Bill

AP | ANN SANNER and JULIE CARR SMYTH | Posted 01.27.2013 | Politics

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The leader of the Ohio Senate put a stop Tuesday to a bill that would have imposed the most stringent restriction on abortions ...

Laura Bassett

State Senator Wears Provocative Anti-GOP T-Shirt

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.19.2012 | Politics

To protest Ohio Republicans' renewed efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) wore a provocative t-shirt at a p...

Laura Bassett

Ohio 'Heartbeat Bill' Is Revived In State Legislature

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 11.09.2012 | Politics

Just two days after a majority of Ohio voters indicated at the polls that they support abortion rights, the GOP-controlled Ohio state legislature anno...

Laura Bassett

Anti-Abortion Group Sends Children With Teddybears To Lobby Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.13.2012 | Politics

To win votes for one of the most stringent abortion restrictions in the nation, an Ohio anti-abortion group has employed an unexpected team of lobbyis...

Stringent Abortion Measure Stirs Controversy

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio lawmaker on Wednesday touted the importance of the fetal heartbeat as an indicator of life as he urged a legislative pa...

Laura Bassett

Ohio Abortion Ban Challenges Terms Of Roe v. Wade

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.20.2011 | Politics

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a bill on Wednesday that bans abortions after 20 weeks if the fetus is determined to be viable, making Ohio the lates...

Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill Advances In Ohio

Posted 08.29.2011 | Politics

COLUMBUS (Reuters) - The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detectable, which can be as ea...

Anti-Abortion Measures Flooding State Legislatures

The Los Angeles Times | Robin Abcarian | Posted 07.08.2011 | Politics

Energized by Republican gains in the last election and still stinging from the passage of President Obama's healthcare overhaul, conservative lawmaker...

Anti-Abortion Heartbeat Bill Advances In Ohio

AP | JULIE CARR SMYTH | Posted 05.30.2011 | Politics

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A state House committee on Wednesday narrowly approved a bill that would impose the strictest abortion limit in the nation, out...