The heartbeat law has saved thousands of babies from abortion in Ohio in 2022, and it was only in effect for 11 weeks before a court blocked it. had the pro-life law been in effect the entire year, abortions in Ohio could have dropped to very low numbers as mothers find better solutions and babies enjoy living.
As it was, the Ohio Department of Health’s newly released data show a total of 18,488 abortions for 2022, which is down from a total of a total of 21,813 abortions in 2021. That means 3,325 babies were saved from abortion compared to the previous year. And with Ohio’s population growing, that means even more babies were saved.
As the chart below shows, Ohio abortions reached historic lows under the law. And if the state Supreme Court allows the law to save babies once again, thousands more unborn children will have their lives spared.
Cleveland Right to Life celebrated the good news.
“The Ohio Department of Health has released its abortion death report for 2022, and the good news is that abortions were down 15% from 2021,” it told LifeNews in an email.
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