The fight over the issue of abortion in Ohio in the past several years has entailed intense legal battles, which includes Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s signing of a 2019 “heartbeat” law that has since been blocked by a state court and remains that way pending the outcome of a constitutional challenge by abortion clinics.
That law aims to outlaw most abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks’ gestation. Almost 67% of state abortions in 2022 occurred in pregnancies where gestational age was less than nine weeks, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
Regardless, if the November constitutional amendment passes, the heartbeat law would be null and void, according to WTVG.
Calling it Ohio’s “most significant” March for Life yet, Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life Education and Defense Fund, said in the release that “we are ready to welcome thousands of Ohioans to the state Capitol in this critical moment to peacefully advocate both against this extreme measure and for state laws that respect the human dignity of every person, born and unborn.”
In addition to Mancini, Aaron Baer, president of the march’s other co-hosting organization, Center for Christian Virtue, will be speaking at the human rights demonstration as well.
Prior to the march, Columbus Bishop Earl Ferandes will be celebrating a “Mass for life” at 9 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, just a short distance away from the pre-rally concert, which takes place on the West Lawn of the Ohio Statehouse. He will be speaking at the march as well.
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