Ohio Anti Abortion Law overturned . From Columbus Dispatch

[irisblue]

"A federal judge Wednesday blocked an Ohio law that would outlaw abortions when the woman's reasons for the procedure is a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.

"Federal law is crystal clear," Judge Timothy S. Black of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Ohio wrote in a 22-page decision.

"A state may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability ... here, Ohio's new law wrongfully does just that: it violates the right to privacy of every woman in Ohio and is unconstitutional on its face."

The law, which was signed by Gov. John Kasich in December, was to take effect March 23. Black's decision blocks the law's implementation while the case is decided.

Well well.

[Guilded Lilly]

1. And another Well! N/T

[gratuitous]

2. "Unconstitutional on its face"

If you're an Ohioan upset about this, you really need to direct your ire at the state legislature and the governor who passed this bill into law. Their incompetence in writing legislation is appalling, wastes everyone's time and money, and keeps other things from being done.

[Ohiogal]

18. An excellent description, gratuitous.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. And we keep hearing about how Kasich is the "reasonable" GOPer.

He signed that facially unconstitutional piece of crap legislation.

[mythology]

8. Compared to Trump perhaps

But that's just a reflection on how batshit crazy the GOP is.

[Ohiogal]

19. He is NOT reasonable.

He is a typical right wing woman hater.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Exactly. He goes on TV and sounds like a reasonable person, but

he's a nutball GOPer to the core. No reasonable person would have signed that bill.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. GOPers want slave incubators

4th and 14th amendments conspire to keep a woman in control of her own womb and keep the government out.

[marybourg]

5. Next target for GOP -

The Judiciary. No link, heard on NPR

[CousinIT]

6. LINK:

http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180314/court-blocks-ohios-down-syndrome-abortion-ban

[RandomAccess]

7. Such a vicious, barbaric, woman-hating law

that it takes my breath away.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Seriously. Was the GOP going to subsidize the very expensive care of that

Down's Syndrome child from birth to it's natural death? Many of them never become completely independent. It was a sick law from the beginning.

[RandomAccess]

12. Not to mention what it does to the caregivers --

for life.

That's one of the things that's always annoyed me about Right-to-Lifers: their stunning lack of awareness -- or, really, their unwillingness to acknowledge -- that your responsibility as a parent (esp. mothers, as a rule) do NOT end magically at age 18. Hell, they barely end at death.

[smirkymonkey]

13. Most republicans do not think of long term consequences in any area.

Actually, most of them don't think at all. They think we are the emotional ones, but we think things through and consider the long term effects on society and the individuals in it. You are right, they have a stunning lack of awareness about the reality of almost all situations.

[Ohiogal]

20. Agree 100% smirkeymonkey.

[Ilsa]

17. Indeed. Careers are sacrificed,

mothers, especially, have stress levels that equal or exceed combat veterans. It's devastating to the rest of the family, too.

[RandomAccess]

22. I can only imagine

but I can imagine pretty damned vividly

[Ilsa]

23. I live it,

no imagining here.

It's a hard life. Sure, other people have it worse, but the long term feels pretty bleak.

[spanone]

9. didn't the supreme court of the usa weigh in on this medical procedure years ago?

[ffr]

10. It's reassuring to see that the constitution still means something somewhere.

[Roland99]

14. And Kasich was the most sane of the GOP candidates in 2016. And he's STILL profoundly far right.

[irisblue]

15. Kasich is warming up for a 2020 run for POTUS.

[ehrnst]

16. Too bad it takes a federal judge to back up the medical community on health issues.

Yep, misogyny is alive and well.

And this is exactly why the GOP is ramming federal judge nominations through.