‘Heartbeat’ Bans: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Headed

By Imani Gandy and Brie Shea On December 21, Ohio Gov. John Kasich vetoed the legislature’s attempt to become the fourth state to pass a law that bans abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. But that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods—it wasn’t the state’s first try at passing such an …