Thread by @BuffyWicks

This is frightening & insane—“A bill to ban abortion introduced in the Ohio legislature requires doctors to ‘reimplant an ectopic pregnancy’ into a woman’s uterus – a procedure that does not exist in medical science – or face charges of ‘abortion murder.’—theguardian.com/us-news/2019/n…

“An ectopic pregnancy is a life-threatening condition — where an embryo implants on the mother’s fallopian tube rather than the uterus— rendering the pregnancy unviable. It can kill a woman if the embryonic tissue grows unchecked. Ohio’s—is one of the most extreme bills to date.”

While Ohio & other states pass illegal & inhumane abortion bans—attempting to control our bodies & force us to carry all pregancies to term—California welcomes *all* women w/open arms & this message of hope:

Abortion is legal here, and you *will* be safe.

This outrageous ectopic pregnancy provision is part of an all-out assault on women's reproductive freedoms in OH.

#HB413 also defines virtually all abortion as felony murder & makes performing or having an abortion punishable by life imprisonment—or death.rewire.news/ablc/2019/11/2…

Ohio's #HB413 follows another extreme—& illegal—proposal: #HB182. It would:

-Prohibit insurance coverage of abortion

-Prohibit coverage of drugs or devices that "prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum"—bc they also get defined as forms of abortion.cleveland.com/politics/2019/…

These bills are incredibly disturbing—but they're also revealing—making clear what a world w/out Roe looks like to these extremists. Where women are stripped of our freedoms.

They want to force us back—& lock up or put to death—those who disobey.

We won't let them take us back.