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Abortion Regulation Proposals Could Be Among First Considered By General Assembly

State law bans abortion after viability is determined - somewhere between 20 and 24 weeks. Ohio Right to Life president Mike Gonidakis says activists want the ban at 20 weeks.

GONIDAKIS: "We've seen a 62% reduction in late term abortions since we passed the ban in 2011. We think this is the next logical step."

But Kellie Copeland with NARAL/Pro-Choice Ohio says the existing abortion ban is already forcing women in those rare and often dangerous circumstances to leave the state for care.

COPELAND: "This law would result in Gov. Kasich and other politicians inserting their political interference even earlier in a pregnancy."

The chief backer of the so-called Heartbeat Bill, which would ban abortion around 6-8 weeks, says that measure will be introduced for the third time in the next month or so.

Tony Ganzer has reported from Phoenix to Cairo, and was the host of 90.3's "All Things Considered." He was previously a correspondent with the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, covering issues like Swiss banks, Parliament, and refugees. He earned an M.A. in International Relations (University of Leicester); and a B.Sc. in Journalism (University of Idaho.) He speaks German, and a bit of French.