Two Republican legislators in Ohio have introduced a bill to ban abortions in the state, Cleveland.com reports.
The bill would outlaw all abortions even in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger, according to the website.
"I believe life begins at conception so the goal of this bill is to first of all continue to get the word out that life does begin at conception and move the debate in that direction, and to protect unborn Ohioans from being aborted," said state Rep. Ron Hood, one of the bill's sponsors.
Ohio Rep. Nino Vitale, who is also a sponsor of the bill, maintained many of the women who get pregnant from rape later regret their decision to have an abortion.
"Life isn't always giving us things by our choice and I don't want to put a woman through a second trauma after she's been through such an awful first one," Vitale said.
According to the Cleveland.com, the bill would make an "unborn human" a person under the state's criminal code regarding murder and manslaughter.
Ohio legislators have limited abortions in recent years by restricting them to earlier in a pregnancy, Cincinnati.com reported.
Meanwhile, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio fears the proposed legislation would allow doctors to be charged with murder — punishable by life in prison or the death penalty, Cleveland.com reported.
"Anti-choice extremists from the Ohio Statehouse to the White House are lining up their dominoes to topple Roe v. Wade and punish those who seek or provide abortion care," NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Executive Director Kellie Copeland said.
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