Ohio’s Republican-led legislature is once again attempting to ban abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.

On Thursday, November 15, the state’s House of Representatives voted 60-35 in favor of what’s often referred to as a “heartbeat bill,” Cleveland.com reported. The bill would ban providers from performing abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can occur as early as six weeks into a pregnancy — often before a woman even knows she’s pregnant. After passing the House, the measure will now move to the (also Republican-controlled) Ohio State Senate, and then to the governor’s desk.

This isn’t the state’s first attempt at such a restrictive ban. In 2016, Ohio’s House and Senate passed the same bill. Governor John Kasich (R) vetoed it, reportedly because of its unlikelihood to hold up in court (according to WKYC, courts have struck down similar bans in Iowa, North Dakota, and Arkansas). According to Refinery 29, Kasich has said he will veto the bill again; but the incoming Governor-elect Mike DeWine is supportive of the measure.

“Anti-abortion ideologues should not attempt to insert politics between a patient and their physician,” NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio executive director Kellie Copeland said in a statement in response to the Ohio House vote. “What we’re seeing is state legislators, John Kasich, and Mike DeWine playing politics with women’s lives. This abortion ban would block patients from the care they need and deserve. [...] The decision to have an abortion is not a political decision.”

As Refinery 29 noted, it is possible for the legislature to override a gubernatorial veto, at which point the law would certainly be contested in court — a possibility Republican lawmakers are not only prepared, but also hopeful for. State Rep. Ron Hood reportedly said during debate that he hopes Ohio’s bill will be used to challenge Roe v. Wade in the U.S. Supreme Court. While thus far, the Supreme Court has upheld the 1973 ruling, pro-choice advocates are concerned that may no longer be the case with the recent addition of conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh to the bench.

“We are gonna see a number of states, if not passing extreme abortion bans, [at least] debating them and seriously considering them in 2019,” Elizabeth Nash, senior state issues manager at the Guttmacher Institute, told Refinery 29. “Most of the attention has been focused on the Supreme Court and passing restrictions that are unconstitutional right now, but could provide the court with the opening to undermine or overturn Roe. There are multiple opportunities for the courts to weigh in. It’s a very dangerous time, if you support abortion rights.”

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