Similar bills twice. Shows you what DeWine is. That fine dedicated Catholic with 8 children.

from HMT. None the less, disturbing in its own way. This depicts, very accurately what women are heading for. Mostpeopletook the book as a warning. Republicans used it as an How To manual.

I'll delete my comment as well.

Ohio is ridiculously gerrymandered. The outcome of our elections is not representative of the people in our state.

And I'm getting more and more upset at comments here on DU insinuating that all Ohioans are knuckle dragging neanderthals that enable misogynistic policies.

The comment "Kasich vetoed this several times but DeWine was chomping at the bit to sign it" is most accurate. Shows you exactly what Ohio's GOP and De Wine is all about.

I understand it affects districts within a state, turning a minority into a legislative majority.

Or if not do they have a say on the funding for them atleast?

Once in power, it's not easy to dislodge these cheaters.

But when your governor's race is extremely close, yet two thirds of all the districts in Ohio get Republican leaders, you can tell right there that our representatives do not represent everyone accurately.

De Wine had big name recognition -- he has held state offices here for many years. And, sadly, just enough "one issue" abortion voters made it to the polls last time.

The "pro-Life" movement has saddled us with Republican rule that is antithetical to life and justice.

R's won every state wide election in 2018 despite the rest of the nation enjoying a big beautiful blue wave.

I have lived in Ohio my entire life of 52 years (Dayton, Columbus). The problems in Ohio are many and complicated. First, the Democratic Party leadership (not the politicians but the people running the party) in Ohio is awful. It seems to me they don't even want to win sometimes. I listened to one of these guys a few weeks ago and he was basically just throwing up the surrender flag saying that rural Ohioans will just never believe that the D's "have their backs". It was just so pathetic and defeatist. New blood is very badly needed here.

Ohio is also not as diverse as the rest of the country. It is changing at a snails pace. The Hispanic population has not migrated here in large numbers. It is whiter than most states and getting older. It is old and white. We all know what happens when a population gets old and white and I say that as a person who is getting old and is white. I think Ohio may be going the way of West Virginia politically, which will likely result in it becoming just another impoverished, regressive, ignorant and backward red state where kids grow up dreaming of one thing - getting the Hell out of Ohio.

I live in Columbus and it is fine here. It is diverse, plenty to do, good paying jobs are around. I don't know how many generations it is going to take for small town Ohioans to realize that the factories are not coming back, we ain't going to dig up any more coal, and the only way the price of their pills is going to ever come down is by voting for Democrats. But instead they hold on to the past with the determination of a mother protecting her child. But I still don't think bringing some of them into the light is an impossibility.

As a catholic, I think Pope F should excommunicate DeWine, and Paul Ryan.

Who allowed for the most lenient charges possible for all those involved in the Steubenville rape case. republicans never fail to take an opportunity to bring women back to the dark ages.

I know that Ohio is heavily burdened by republican gerrymandering, but they need to vote these bastards out of office. What woman in her right mind would put up with this shit? It's' completely insane!

there are brainwashed, uber religious women here who enable this shit. But not as many as you would think. Our voting system is not representative of the people's wishes. It's evil and I hate it, but the Republicans gleefully take advantage of any way they can cheat to install themselves into power.

I can't understand why Republicans hate women so much. I just can't.

It must be so frustrating to live in a state with such partisan gerrymandering that allows the right-wing knuckledraggers to control the entire population. Is there any hope? Surely this must arouse the anger of many who haven't before paid much attention to politics who could now be swayed into voting Democratic.

after the 2020 census. But it's been talked about for years by Democrats here about how unfair the current boundaries are.

Since the maps are drawn by the state legislature .... it's extremely important that the committee be bipartisan. I'm not exactly sure how the committee is selected. I'm going to look into it.

This is sort of depressing, though:

https://ballotpedia.org/Redistricting_in_Ohio_after_the_2020_census

On May 8, 2018, voters in Ohio approved a constitutional amendment establishing new procedures for congressional redistricting. Beginning with the 2020 redistricting cycle, the following provisions were set to take effect:[3][4]

Following completion of the United States Census, state legislators can adopt a new congressional district map if three-fifths of the legislature's total membership vote to approve, including one-half of the minority party members. This map would apply for 10 years.
If the legislature proves unable to adopt a new map, a commission will be formed to adopt a map. That commission will include the governor, state auditor, secretary of state, and four legislators, two of whom must come from the legislature's minority party. A majority of the commission's members, including two members belonging to the minority party, must agree on a map. The map would apply for 10 years.
If the commission proves unable to adopt a map, state legislators will be given a second chance to adopt a map. The map would have to be approved by three-fifths of the legislature's total membership, including one-third of the minority party's members. The map would apply for 10 years.
If the legislature fails a second time, the majority party of the legislature, without support from the minority party, can adopt a map that would apply for four years.

The last point above ... the majority can adapt a map without the minority party's approval.... you can be sure they'll have that as their ultimate goal.

Pro-choice for me; no abortion for thee.

That is a republican trait. "If it doesn't affect me, then to hell with everyone else." We democrats care about everyone, not just ourselves. We must keep fighting for the rights of all women!

I am sorry about your friends Mary, it must be very disappointing for you.

White women in Ohio did this. It's on them - NOT just the Governor they elected. They have to change it via state legislative means if they don't like it.

What they cannot do is take it to SCOTUS and put women in NJ at risk with the opinions of an oppressive court which does not reflect our values. States rights goes both ways.

They don't stop fighting for their voters and what they want. They never have to worry about being 'bipartisan' and just steamroll ahead with their agenda.

relative in Ohio, who claimed she also supported choice and women's rights. She said they would NEVER outlaw abortion. To her, I say HA!

So we can see if the concerned Susan Collins was right...

has 133 members. The state senate has 24 republicans, 9 Democrats. The state house 61 and 38 Democrats. It's an uphill battle.

White women are valued for birthing white children. That is all. If they get out of line and refuse to give birth, they will be punished. But, as the poster above has stated, they brought this upon themselves. So afraid of the brown and black people that they will enslave themselves.

Why is this racial profiling? With gerrymandering we are seeing a minority rule.

Anti-abortion is key platform for white supremacy movement, i.e., white women STFU and keep having babies. Not saying that religious people are not involved in the anti-abortion politics, but they have allies in the white supremacy movement.

Funny, most of my strongly religious friends are African American who are strongly pro-life. We do not agree on abortion, but they seem to be pro-life all the way down the line ... anti-death penalty, pro-early childhood education, Medicare, Medicaid, social security, rights for handicapped, etc. When you’re pro-life because of religion, there’s a consistency there. When you’re anti-choice for racial reasons, it shows up in a different pattern of voting ... anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-minority.

I don't care if there are women who drink the Kool-Aid, it does not change the reality that women are less than second class citizens. The white supremacy movement is extremely, violently, misogynistic, according to their rhetoric. The republican Taliban. Per capita, who will this law effect most? Don't bother telling me the lie that it is all about race. It isn't. And for you to intimate that white women get what they deserve when a minority votes for these clowns is racial politics at it's worst.

I’m sorry if that sounds like blaming the victim. A majority of white woken vote the way they vote for a reason. Discerning that reason is tough. It is not because they are stupid. They know full well their rights will be lowered by voting republican. They are making a trade. Something in exchange for lowering their own status ... what in the world can bring you to lower your own status if not to raise (or preserve) your status (white) in some other way?

I do think there’s a chance they do NOT fully understand just how despised women are. Again, not stupid, but they are just not seeing the full-on hatred that is obvious to the rest of us.

As a white woman I know full well that I am not at fault for the minority of the electorate who vote against me. However, the majority of white women are complicit. There’s no way, after 2016, that I will see it otherwise. Sorry.

The backlash is in full swing.

What the hell?! Are they angling to join the old confederacy aka Jebusland? What the fuck is wrong with those people? While NY, Rhode Island, Maine, Maryland have or will pass state laws codifying abortion rights (VT is set to add those rights to our constitution), Ohio passes this affront to women everywhere? What the hell is next, Ohio? Marital chattel slavery?

Now if they can just get rid of healthcare, have the bridges over the Ohio river collapse, and a few other improvements, the day will be complete!

It would be the perfect response to DeWine's perversions.