The Ohio Senate passed SB23 yesterday to restrict abortion to the first six weeks of a woman’s pregnancy, in a vote of 19 to 13.

Republican Senator Kristina Roegner, the sponsor of the bill, told the Columbus Free Press after the vote, “The next step naturally is that it will go to the House Health Committee chaired by Derek Merrin (R) where the sponsor is Representative Keller (R).”

A Republican majority in the Ohio House of Representatives is expected to pass the bill, and Ohio’s new Republican Governor Mike DeWine has promised to sign it into law.

Senator Roegner introduced the bill in the senate session, and criticized the Supreme Court Ruling Roe v Wade (1973) which protects a woman’s right to an abortion based in her right to privacy regarding her body and her personal medical care. Roegner claimed Roe v Wade created a “moving target” by defining human personhood as beginning when the fetus is able to survive outside the womb and said, “We need a new standard. The heartbeat bill provides this new standard.”

The Electric Hand.

The Torments.

The Detroit Cobras.

Three die-hard garage rock bands. Three gangs essentially. Their main religious belief: die with your boots on, rocking on 11!

Thus the last Saturday night in February saw a throwback cave stomp the likes of which this two-bit poor man's colon of a town ain't seen in a stegosaurus's age.

Three bands, two killer banzai charges of three-chord brutality and a headliner's display of boozy public breakdown fronting Americana-tinged soul and hoe-down flavored stomperoos. Nothin' but good people, nothing' but real good.

First up: our own Electric Hand.

 T.C.Ottinger, the Hand's frantic front man, may just be Poopville's Number One Rock'n'Roll Personality in terms of live performance. He's utterly confident, completely full of himself and pretty funny. He jumps into songs like a speeding getaway car having just ripped off a Wendy's on Cleveland Avenue. He's a mania.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 8:00 PM.

If you saw a book in Barnes and Noble called “How Not to Go to War,” wouldn’t you assume it was a guide to the proper equipment every good warrior should have when they head off to do a little killing, or perhaps something like this U.S.

On March 8 the Cincinnati Socialist Feminists coalition and allies from Columbus decided to send Ohio Governor Mike DeWine a message for International Women’s Day. A dozen women and men attempted to access DeWine’s upper-floor office at the Columbus Riffe Center.

After being turned away, they went to the ground floor lobby and held a sit-in. “Our bodies, our choice!” they chanted. “Governor DeWine, abortion’s not a crime!”

The protesters were targeting Ohio Senate Bill 23, the so-called “heartbeat bill” which would ban abortions six weeks after conception. DeWine has pledged to sign the bill if it’s passed by the Ohio legislature.

When the lobby closed at 5 PM, State Highway Patrol officers ordered the demonstrators to leave. Depending on their level of resistance, they were escorted, dragged, or carried out of the building. There were no arrests. Outside, the protesters were joined by about 40 supporters and held a rally on the sidewalk.