Legislating Holy Scripture in Ohio
Ashley Baxstrom: Ohio just keeps embarrassing the buckeye out of me (and that’s only on Jezebel). I can’t get a break. This week, however, it’s more of a middling sigh-and-shake-my-head feeling than an outright pounding in my temples.
The culprit? Anti-abortion demonstrators protesting at the state Capitol. What are they protesting? The fact that the Republican-controlled state Senate won’t consider a measure effectively banning all abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
No, you read that correctly. Republican-controlled. Won’t pass. Fetal heartbeat abortion ban. Continue Reading →