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Activist behind anti-abortion heartbeat bill not at signing

By JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press
Published: April 16, 2019, 9:37am
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FILE - This Feb. 14, 2012, file photo shows Janet Folger Porter, president and founder of Faith 2 Action, posting signs during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Porter, the polarizing figure who originated the bill and championed it for a decade, says it stung to be excluded from the Thursday, April 11, 2019, signing. But she’s pleased the bill is finally law. Porter acknowledges her unusual tactics have made her some political enemies over the years. That includes the powerful Ohio Right to Life and the Ohio Senate president, whom she challenged in a primary.
FILE - This Feb. 14, 2012, file photo shows Janet Folger Porter, president and founder of Faith 2 Action, posting signs during a news conference at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Porter, the polarizing figure who originated the bill and championed it for a decade, says it stung to be excluded from the Thursday, April 11, 2019, signing. But she’s pleased the bill is finally law. Porter acknowledges her unusual tactics have made her some political enemies over the years. That includes the powerful Ohio Right to Life and the Ohio Senate president, whom she challenged in a primary. (Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File) Photo Gallery

COLUMBUS, Ohio — One of the nation’s fiercest advocates for banning abortions at the first detectable heartbeat was missing when Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed the bill into Ohio law.

Legislative leaders, bill sponsors, pastors, pregnancy center operators and members of Ohio Right to Life — the state’s leading anti-abortion group — attended Thursday’s bill signing.

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