A spokesperson for a pro-life organization based in Ohio is confident that the state’s newly signed law banning abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected will survive a legal challenge.
Jamieson Gordon of Ohio Right to Life, whose group lobbied on behalf of the legislation, which effectively bans abortions after six weeks, explained to The Christian Post in an interview her reasons for the confidence.
“The ACLU has said that they will sue, but we are confident that our pro-life Attorney General Dave Yost will defend the law well,” said Gordon.
“We believe that the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals may be the most conservative circuit in the country, and the heartbeat bill may have a better chance there.”
Gordon also told CP that they viewed the new law as “the next incremental step to overturning Roe v. Wade,” the controversial 1973 United States Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
