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Ohio GOP Leader Promises Heartbeat Ban Will Be Back in 2013

House Speaker Bill Batchelder. Photo: blog.cleveland.com.

The Ohio legislature hasn’t even sworn in yet and its new Speaker is already promising to bring up the Heartbeat Ban.

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Ohio Heartbeat Bill Really, Really, REALLY Not Coming Up for a Vote (Really!)

Original Photo: Toledo Blade.

It’s over this year. Again. Yes, again again.

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Ohio Heartbeat Bill Dead (Again) for 2012

Current Speaker of the Senate Tom Niehaus. Photo: Cleveland.com.

Once more, the bill has been shelved, making it the third and final time in a year.

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ELECTION 2012: Despite National Election Victories, All’s Not Well In Ohio

Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo via The Daily Beast.

Despite being the state that tipped Obama over the top in electoral votes, reproductive rights in Ohio may be in more danger than ever before.

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If the Kids Aren’t Working, Here Comes the Church

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Yet another group is swarming the Ohio senate, asking for the Heartbeat Ban to be passed.

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Take Back the Teddies!

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Ohio senators return “heartbeat bears” provided in a publicity stunt.

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A Little Child Shall Lobby Them

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Save the “babies.” Exploit the children. Pro-choice activists apparently aren’t the only ones who found the “Heartbeat” children’s crusade a little…awkward.

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Children and Teddy Bears Used to Manipulate Ohio Senate on Heartbeat Ban

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Next, the supporters will tell the senate every day they don’t vote, a kitten will be drowned…

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Ohio Politician Says “Sorry About The Confusion” Over Heartbeat Bill Changes

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An Ohio state Representitive takes the blame for the bill getting stalled in 2011.

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Ohio “Heartbeat” Bill Shelved Until 2012, Again

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After hearing testimony on both sides, the senate has chosen not to vote on the bill this legislative session.

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