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...n is required to certify in writing or determine under section 2919.17, section 2919.18, divisions (A) and (C) of section 2919.192, division (C) of section 2919.193, division (B) of section 2919.195, or division (A) of section 2919.196 of the Revised Code. (2) If a person other than the physician described in division (A)(1) of this section makes or maintains a record required by sections 2919.192 to 2919.196 of t...

...g of the twentieth week of gestation unless, prior to the performance or inducement of the abortion or the attempt to perform or induce the abortion, the physician determines, in the physician's good faith medical judgment, that the unborn child is not viable, and the physician makes that determination after performing a medical examination of the pregnant woman and after performing or causing to be performed ...

...A" means deoxyribonucleic acid. (4) "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac. (5) "Fetus" means the human offspring developing during pregnancy from the moment of conception and includes the embryonic stage of development. (6) "Gestational age" means the age of an unborn human individual as calculated from the first ...

...Sections 2919.192 to 2919.195 of the Revised Code apply only to intrauterine pregnancies.

...ll determine whether there is a detectable fetal heartbeat of the unborn human individual the pregnant woman is carrying. The method of determining the presence of a fetal heartbeat shall be consistent with the person's good faith understanding of standard medical practice, provided that if rules have been adopted under division (B) of this section, the method chosen shall be one that is consistent with the rules. Th...

...regnant woman is carrying has a detectable heartbeat. Whoever violates this division is guilty of performing or inducing an abortion before determining whether there is a detectable fetal heartbeat, a felony of the fifth degree. A violation of this division may also be the basis of either of the following: (1) A civil action for compensatory and exemplary damages; (2) Disciplinary action under section 4731.22 o...

...regnant woman is carrying has a detectable heartbeat, the person shall not, except as provided in division (B) of this section, perform or induce the abortion without meeting all of the following requirements and without at least twenty-four hours elapsing after the last of the requirements is met: (1) The person intending to perform or induce the abortion shall inform the pregnant woman in writing that the unborn...

...cedure that, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, is designed or intended to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. A physician who performs a medical procedure as described in this division shall declare, in a written document, that the medical procedure is necessary, to the bes...

...o whichever of the following is applicable: (1) If a purported reason for the abortion is to preserve the health of the pregnant woman, the person shall specify in a written document the medical condition that the abortion is asserted to address and the medical rationale for the person's conclusion that the abortion is necessary to address that condition. (2) If division (A)(1) of this section does not apply, the...

...196 of the Revised Code prohibits the sale, use, prescription, or administration of a drug, device, or chemical for contraceptive purposes.

...A pregnant woman on whom an abortion is performed or induced in violation of section 2919.193, 2919.194, or 2919.195 of the Revised Code is not guilty of violating any of those sections; is not guilty of attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, or complicity in committing a violation of any of those sections; and is not subject to a civil penalty based on the abortion being performed or induced in violation of an...

...or both of the following criteria may file a civil action for the wrongful death of her unborn child: (1) A woman on whom an abortion was performed or induced in violation of division (A) of section 2919.193 or division (A) of section 2919.195 of the Revised Code; (2) A woman on whom an abortion was performed or induced who was not given the information described in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of section 2919.194 of t...

...hall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The action shall be commenced and prosecuted by the attorney general when directed by the board. (C) Moneys collected under division (A) of this section or recovered by an action under division (B) of this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state for deposit into the foster care and adoption initiatives fund created under section 5103.11 of the...

...Sections 2919.171, 2919.19 to 2919.1913, and 4731.22 of the Revised Code, as amended or enacted by this act, shall be known as the "Human Rights and Heartbeat Protection Act."

...ndition that in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, based upon the facts known to the physician at that time, so complicates the woman's pregnancy as to necessitate the immediate performance or inducement of an abortion in order to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to avoid a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman that delay in t...

... by a physician and that the physician determined, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, based on the facts known to the physician at that time, that either of the following applied: (a) The probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child was less than twenty weeks. (b) The abortion was necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairmen...

...n is required to certify in writing or determine under sections 2919.201 and 2919.203 of the Revised Code. (B) By the thirtieth day of September of each year, the department of health shall issue a public report that provides statistics for the previous calendar year compiled from all of the reports covering that calendar year submitted to the department in accordance with this section for each of the items listed...

... or induce the abortion, the physician determines, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, the unborn child's probable post-fertilization age. The physician shall make that determination after making inquiries of the pregnant woman and performing any medical examinations or tests of the pregnant woman the physician considers necessary as a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and medica...

...ny interest earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund.

...the provisions of any otherwise applicable provision of state law shall be deemed unlawful as provided in such provision. An abortion that complies with the provisions of state law regulating or restricting abortion but violates the provisions of those sections as amended or enacted by this bill shall be deemed unlawful as provided in those sections. If some or all of the provisions of sections 2307.54 and 2919.20 to...

...erminates. (C) No person shall aid, abet, induce, cause, encourage, or contribute to a child or a ward of the juvenile court becoming a dependent child, as defined in section 2151.04 of the Revised Code, or a neglected child, as defined in section 2151.03 of the Revised Code. (D) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of failure to provide adequate support under division (A) of this section or a charge of failu...

...but not required, to grant the offender credit upon the period of the commitment for the community service work that the offender adequately performed. (b) If a court, pursuant to division (F)(1)(a) of this section, orders an offender to perform community service work as part of the offender's community control sanction or sentence and if the offender does not adequately perform all of the required community servic...

...tion is guilty of parental education neglect, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...04. of the Revised Code who is responsible for ensuring the center's compliance with Chapter 5104. of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to that chapter. (C) "Child care facility" means a child care center, a type A family child care home, or a type B family child care home. (D) "Child care provider" means any of the following: (1) An owner, provider, administrator, or employee of, or volunteer at, ...

...an, custodian, or other person responsible for the care of a child in the provider's facility or receiving child care from the provider; (2) A parent, guardian, custodian, or other person responsible for the care of a child who is considering the provider as a child care provider for the child; (3) A public official responsible for issuing the provider a license or certificate to provide child care; (4) A pu...