Hours after the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, a federal judge ruled that abortions in Ohio are now illegal as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) filed a motion to eliminate the injunction against Ohio Senate Bill 23, commonly known as the “Heartbeat Bill,” less than an hour after the Supreme Court’s decision.
The legislation, which bans abortions after the first detectable fetal heartbeat, was signed into law by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in April 2019 before it was blocked by a federal judge three months later.
The “Heartbeat Bill” prohibits abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which is generally around six weeks into a pregnancy….