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Dave Yost: “The current language [of the Heartbeat law] was imported…”

Featuring: Dave Yost, Republican | Attorney General of Ohio

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Extended Interview Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost reflects on 2022.

Published | Video Starts at 04:16

Well, I think the General assembly is considering clarifications. They're the ones that write the law, not the Attorney general. But I will point out to some of the critics of The current language [of the Heartbeat law] was imported from the prior law. So that's been the standard since 2011. Abortions have occurred in the last 10 years under that standard. After the viability, the previous standard kicked in. Bottom line is from 2011 until this year, doctors seemed to be able to understand what that language meant. (04:16–04:24)

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Asserts that the language in the Heartbeat law has been the standard since 2011.

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