Columbus girl who was six weeks and three days pregnant obtained an abortion in Indianapolis. The OB-GYN who provided the abortion said she couldn’t legally terminate her pregnancy in Ohio.
When asked about whether the next bill would allow exceptions for rape and incest, DeWine dodged the question, by talking instead about how the abortion discussion has “gone off the rails a little bit” since people are talking about the future of contraception and “marriage” in America. “We’re not going to have any kind of changes to contraception,” he said. “We’re not going to have any kind of change in regard to marriage, for heaven’s sake. It’s not going to happen. That’s not what we should be talking about.”,
He said he’s been consistently “pro-life” throughout his 40-year career in politics. He said that he’s interested also in legislation to help babies have a healthy start to life and to help women, especially because Ohio has high maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rates.