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COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 22, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Ohio’s Republican Governor John Kasich today signed a pro-life bill banning abortion of babies diagnosed in utero with probable Down syndrome.
The Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act will go into effect in 90 days.
The bill, which passed the Ohio Senate 20-12 and the Ohio House 63-30 last month, prohibits abortion when prenatal tests show the baby has Downs syndrome or is likely to have it.
An individual who commits an abortion in these circumstances could be charged with a fourth-degree felony, and doctors who do so could also lose their licenses, but the mother would not be accountable, according to CNN.
Kasich said in 2015 he would be “more than glad” to sign such a bill.
Mike Gonidakis, president of Ohio Right to Life, lauded the bill’s passing.
“Now that the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act is law, unborn babies prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome are given a shot at life,” he said.
“Ohio is and will continue to be a state that sees the lives of people with Down syndrome as lives worth living, thanks to this legislation.”
Gonidakis characterized Down syndrome abortions as “discrimination,” and decried the
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