SB 72

SB 72 was passed in Ohio yesterday. Gov Kasich is expected to sign it into law.

This bill ... I can't get over this bill. When I first heard about it, I got hung up on the section that said a woman can't have an abortion even if she'll kill herself if she doesn't.

don't believe me? Here's the text.

2) No abortion shall be considered necessary under division (B)(1)(b) of this section on the basis of a claim or diagnosis that the pregnant woman will engage in conduct that would result in the pregnant woman's death or a substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman or based on any reason related to the woman's mental health.

This is law! This isn't genital mutilation, or genocide, or women unable to leave their homes, but this is forcing women into situations that will only end in devastation. This? This is the ultimate extremism. It isn't loud and out there, and the devastation it causes will be hauntingly quiet, tucked into the shadows, cowed in shame. This bill will kill women, there just won't be bells and whistles to go with it.

SB 72 passed and I just don't even know what to say.