Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine
Mike DeWineOhio inmate who survived the attempted execution died of possible complications from COVID-19 December the deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic DeWine: Midwestern governors strengthened relations during the pandemic fight against the ‘common enemy’ MORE (R) signed a bill on Wednesday that will require any aborted tissue to be buried or cremated, leaving the decision to the female patient or the clinic and penalizing those who do not decide.
O account signed this Wednesday, also states, “the pregnant woman is responsible for the costs related to the final disposal of fetal remains in the chosen location”.
Those who do not comply with the requirements set out in the bill are liable to face “a first degree misdemeanor”. If cremation is chosen as a form of disposal, the remains must be placed in a “grave, crypt or niche” or spread out in a “dignified manner”.
Laurel Powell, of Planned Parenthood Advocates in Ohio, told News 5, a local ABC affiliate, that the law was not necessary.
“Honestly, this is just a familiar ploy by those lawmakers who use the chaos of the year-end session to try to approve these unpopular bills,” Powell told the news station. “Studies have repeatedly shown that most Ohioans support access to safe and legal abortion care.”
Molly Smith, of The Right to Life Action Coalition of Ohio, said in a statement: “While we work for a day when no unborn child in Ohio is killed by abortion, we recognize that, at the very least, responsibility for these precious bodies, and because its human disposition is necessary. “
News 5 Cleveland reports that another abortion-related bill is waiting at DeWine’s table to be signed. The bill, if signed, will ban doctors and women from using telemedicine when performing a medical abortion. Doctors who violate this law will face criminal charges.