Fr. Mark Hodges
COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 21, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Both chambers of the Ohio state legislature have passed bills protecting preborns with Down syndrome from being aborted.
Last Wednesday, the Republican-majority state Senate overwhelmingly passed 20-12 a ban on abortions because of a diagnosis of possible Down syndrome. Likewise, the state House overwhelmingly passed their version 63-30 earlier this month.
Ohio Right to Life president Mike Gonidakis thanked legislators “for taking a stand against the modern-day eugenic practice of aborting babies with Down syndrome.”
“All Ohioans, regardless of gender, skin color or disability, deserve the right to live out their God-given potential and purpose,” he said.
The medical journal, Prenatal Diagnosis, reported that up to 85 percent of pregnant women who receive a Down syndrome diagnosis abort their child.
Proposed punishments for abortionists violating the ban are a loss of license with up to $5,000 in fines and up to 18 months in jail. There are no proposed punishments for the women who abort a possible Down syndrome baby.
Ohio becomes the fourth state to prohibit abortion because of possible fetal abnormality. Indiana, Louisiana, and North Dakota have broader bans, but a
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