Statehouse Legislative Update. Pro-life Legislation Heartbeat Bill and Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Statehouse Legislative Update. Pro-life Legislation Heartbeat Bill and Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

OCA President Chris Long discusses with Barry Sheets of Principled Policy Consulting the final wraps on the 131st Ohio General Assembly in the closing hours of the lame duck session, including the surprise development in the Ohio Senate to add the Heart Beat Bill into an appropriations amendment, the passage of S.B. 172 - the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and the Ohio Pastor Protection Act that did not come up for a floor vote and will need to be reintroduced in the the G.A. in 2017.