This is what Kasich was peddling.
LOL
Posted on 12/13/2016 2:26:35 PM PST by Pinkbell
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Tuesday signed into law a measure banning abortions 20 weeks after conception, but vetoed a measure that would have outlawed abortion after as few as six weeks. The bill Kasich vetoed, known as a “heartbeat” bill, passed Ohio’s legislature along mostly partisan lines last week and would have made abortions illegal once a fetus's heartbeat is detected. But even groups that oppose abortion rights believed the measure would fail in the face of an expected court challenge; Ohio Right to Life asked Kasich on Monday to veto the bill.
Lower courts have struck down similar laws in North Dakota and Arkansas, and the Supreme Court has refused to hear appeals of those decisions. Ohio’s Republican-dominated legislature passed the 20-week abortion ban just days after the heartbeat bill. The 20-week ban has been upheld by courts in several other states. Fifteen states currently ban abortions after 20 weeks.
“Both are pre-viability bans, but we believe [the 20-week ban] is the best strategy for overturning Roe v. Wade and will ultimately prove most palatable to the Supreme Court,” Franklin said. “It’s not just the Ohio strategy but the national strategy.”
Katherine Franklin, a spokeswoman for Ohio Right to Life, said in an email her group backs the 20-week abortion ban instead.
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The big surprise here is that Ohio Right To Life sided with the abortion lobby and asked him to veto it. They claim it is a "national strategy." Who sets strategy for Right To Life?
The vast majority of abortions occur before 20 weeks. This would save a lot more lives. Maybe it would be overturned in court, but that's no reason not to try. If that fails, then try the 20 week ban.
Article contains NO statement from Kasich.
Coward.
This is what Kasich was peddling.
LOL
I KNEW IT. Kasich has a hot line with satan. You could tell that the night he won his state. That speech, he was full on mad/crzy with power.
That is what runs him....power, globalist.
Glad he signed the abortion ban. Not sure how it will hold up with our tainted court system, but it’s the right move.
O carp - I should have read further - vetoed the “heartbeat” bill, which was what I thought he had signed. Sorry, I misinterpreted it.
Not a good move, Kasich.
He’s a detestable coward.
Great post. And I agree.
Let us take solace in the lives that will be saved and keep up the fight and REMIND The Donald about what kind of SC Justices we want.
A “heartbeat” bill may have been an obvious overreach and Kasich knew that. He settled on the 20 weeks as a compromise so the entire bill would not be viewed as unconstitutional.
As a note, I am not a Kasich fan by any means, and fully support outright ban on all abortions. The best way to deal with Roe is death by 1,000 cuts (and new court make up).
Kasich made the right move.
We can’t protect unborn life with a law that fails to do it.
The pro-life movement thinks it has a solid path to eventually overturn Roe when it gets to the SCOTUS.
I have disagreements with Kasich. But not on protecting the life of the unborn.
Incrementalism is something the Cruz/Paul right will never understand
Kasich was already going nowhere, with his endless narcissism and his surly refusal to lay down the sword against Trump. This is just one more nail in the coffin of his political career.
I tried to warn FR back in 2009, but was clobbered.
Should have signed them both. Let the courts make of it what they may ...
Exactly.
Incrementalism requires patience, and I for one am out of patience. Roe has been around since the 70s and it has resulted in tens of millions of murdered babies. But unfortunately patience is what we must have, especially with activists courts that think they know more about what’s good for us than our elected lawmakers.
I have done that... lol
I agree. It’s a great big positive step in the right direction.
Not perfect, but let’s take a page from the commies, get what you can, and then attack again.
You’d gripe at being hanged with a new rope. A victory step is a victory step. Sure, we would love all the marbles in one go, but life isn’t like that. Wars aren’t either.
We have to do it the way the left does. One victory at a time, which leads straight into the next battle.
They didn’t take over the schools, courts, institutions and culture in an afternoon. We wont win it back in one either. I’m no Kasich fan, but he wont be there forever. Then we take the next step.
This is a small win.
They are separate bills. Sign both and let the courts sort them out.
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