Skip to main content

ACTION ALERT: In a shocking move, the FDA has just approved a NEW generic form of the deadly abortion pill. Urge the FDA to pull the abortion pill from the market. Click here to contact the FDA Commissioner now.

Live Action LogoLive Action
heartbeat abortion bill, pro-life

By one vote, Ohio Legislature fails to override Kasich veto of heartbeat bill

Icon of a megaphoneNewsbreak·By Devin Sena

By one vote, Ohio Legislature fails to override Kasich veto of heartbeat bill

In a heartbreaking loss, the Ohio Senate failed to reach the required votes to override Ohio Governor John Kasich’s veto of the “heartbeat bill.” House Bill 258 passed the House this morning in a 60-28 vote, but failed 19-13 by a single vote in the Senate, as it needed 20 votes to pass. The bill banning abortion once a baby’s heartbeat is detected will not go into law.

This comes just a week after Ohio governor John Kasich vetoed the heartbeat bill for the second time in two years. At the same time Kasich vetoed the heartbeat bill, he signed into law a bill banning D&E (dilation and evacuation) abortions. As Live Action News previously reported, “The legislation will also penalize doctors who break the new law and continue to commit these barbaric abortions.”

In a disturbing fashion, abortion advocates could be seen screaming and chanting at legislators as they walked in to take the vote on the heartbeat bill today.

After the Senate failed to override Kasich’s veto by one vote, Planned Parenthood staffers and observers erupted in thunderous applause in celebration of the deaths of our most innocent Americans, who will continue to be subjected to the inhumanity of abortion:

Despite today’s loss, we can be encouraged knowing that Ohio’s incoming governor, Mike DeWine, is staunchly pro-life and is much more likely to sign the heartbeat bill if presented again. “Mike DeWine is pro-life and firmly believes that life begins at conception. He believes that Roe v. Wade was incorrectly decided,” said a campaign spokesperson.

Thumbnail for 1st Trimester Surgical Abortion: Suction (Aspiration) D & C

All hope is not lost. As Americans continue to learn the humanity of the preborn, and the barbarity of abortion, life-affirming legislation like Ohio’s will continue to be proposed.

Live Action News is pro-life news and commentary from a pro-life perspective.

Contact editor@liveaction.org for questions, corrections, or if you are seeking permission to reprint any Live Action News content.

Guest Articles: To submit a guest article to Live Action News, email editor@liveaction.org with an attached Word document of 800-1000 words. Please also attach any photos relevant to your submission if applicable. If your submission is accepted for publication, you will be notified within three weeks. Guest articles are not compensated (see our Open License Agreement). Thank you for your interest in Live Action News!

Read Next

Read NextWASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 22: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accompanied by National Institutes of Health Director Jayanta Bhattacharya (L), and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary (R) speaks during a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy and Makary spoke about the intent of the FDA "to phase out the use of petroleum-based synthetic dyes in the nation's food supply."
Abortion Pill

51 senators ask the FDA to stop allowing mail-order abortions

Cassy Cooke

·

Spotlight Articles