Ohio "Heartbeat Bill" (HB 258) https://ohpsych.org/forums/topics.aspx?forum=240011 Fri, 5 Jun 2026 02:28:12 GMT Fri, 2 Aug 2019 14:07:39 GMT Copyright © 2019 Ohio Psychological Association Ohio "Heartbeat Bill" (HB258) https://ohpsych.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1499956 https://ohpsych.org/forums/posts.aspx?topic=1499956 The Ohio “Heartbeat Bill” (HB 258) prohibits the act of abortion once the fetus's heart starts beating, if detected by external methods. The six-week abortion ban is now law in Ohio. This makes Ohio the sixth state in the nation to attempt to outlaw abortions at the point heartbeat activity can be detected. Now known as the "Human Rights Protection Act," (SB 23) outlaws abortions before many women know they're pregnant. It is one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The bill does include an exception to save the life of the woman, but no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.

We are opening up a Virtual Memorial, in the form of a live blog. The Virtual Memorial allows us to discuss this bill and its effects on us professionally within the psychology community.

Please use our live blog below to share or process any thoughts or feelings you have about how this is going to impact the field of psychology. How do you think this will impact your practice as a psychologist? How will this bill impact clients that you work with?

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