Ohio Republicans introduce bill to recognize 'personhood' from conception

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Jul 11, 2022
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Ohio House Rep. Gary Click introduced HB 704, which would give total rights to "unborn human individuals from the moment of conception."

Recognizing "personhood" at conception already caused concern during abortion hearings. Doctors believe this could prohibit IVF.
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Ohio Republicans introduce bill to recognize 'personhood' from conception
H.B. 704 would recognize "personhood" from the moment of conception, causing doctors to fear that normal practices in IVF would be illegal.
3:56 PM · Jul 11, 2022

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio House Republicans introduced a new bill Monday that physicians worry would ban in vitro fertilization (IVF).

H.B. 704, sponsored by state Rep. Gary Click, a Republican from Vickery, would recognize "personhood" from the moment of conception.

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"Nothing in this section shall be interpreted in any manner that would endanger the life of a mother," the three-sentence bill stated.

This wouldn't be the first time the Ohio GOP wanted to change the definition of personhood.

In H.B. 598, the total abortion ban that many Republicans are expecting to go into place in the winter, specifies that an "unborn child" refers to an "individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth."

"House Bill 598 may erase the dreams of many patients of becoming parents through IVF or other reproductive technologies," Dr. Thomas Burwinkel, an OB/GYN specializing in IVF, said during opponent testimony on May 26.

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[SergeStorms]

1. As soon as....

a sperm fertilizes an egg, that's a "person".

Ohio republicans be crazy. 🤡

[Diamond_Dog]

2. The extremists in Columbus have been emboldened and are going totally batshit.

[pecosbob]

3. So let me get this straight...corporations enjoy 'personhood' as do unborn foetuses,

but millions of adult voters across the nation have their votes unconstitutionally negated by their own state legislatures.

[Bettie]

6. And don't forget

women also lose personhood during the years when they may become pregnant.

They are simple incubators during those years.

[Red Mountain]

4. Religious dogma from the Talibornagain

Just what everybody wants. Government enforcing religious rules.

I guess child support starts at conception too, right?

And the responsibility for any medical bills.

[Bettie]

5. So, in Ohio, Menstruation

will literally be murder, since many fertilized eggs don't implant.