Ohio Senate Passes Bill Banning Abortions For Down Syndrome
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Senate has passed legislation that would make it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion if the fetus might have Down syndrome.
The Dispatch reports the Senate on Wednesday passed the legislation by a 20-12 vote. It makes performing such abortions a fourth-degree felony and requires the state medical board to revoke a physician's license if convicted.
The Ohio House approved an identical measure earlier this month.
The Senate passed its version of the bill less than a day after it cleared a committee.
Ohio Right to Life lauded the Senate for passing the legislation, which the group says was its top legislative priority this year.
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio says doctors and parents of children with Down syndrome testified in hearings against the bill.
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