WHEN he was running for president earlier this year, John Kasich held great appeal for moderate Republicans. The governor of Ohio is open to immigration reform, backs Common Core, a set of national educational standards, and expanded Medicaid, a health-care programme for the poor, in his state. One exception is his stance on abortion. During his governorship, he signed no fewer than 17 bills containing restrictions on abortions into law.
On December 13th the governor approved another such bill. Senate bill 127 bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a point at which supporters of the bill say a fetus experiences pain, with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. A dozen states already have such a ban even though it is inconsistent with Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court’s abortion-rights ruling from 1973, which gives women the right to have an abortion until about 24 weeks of a pregnancy. On the same day he vetoed a so-called heartbeat bill that was tucked in as an amendment into proposed legislation on child abuse. The bill bans abortions from the moment a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which tends to be at around the sixth week of a pregnancy (when some...Continue reading
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