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Did Derek Merrin pass the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act?

Matches stated record claim. He sponsored House Bill 214, signed in December 2017, which the legislature titles "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome."

Derek Merrin

Abortion: the 2017 Down Syndrome law

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he prevailed in his pursuit of the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act.

“He prevailed in his pursuit of the Epinephrine Accessibility Act (HB 101) and the Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act (HB 214).”

Source: Derek Merrin for Congress

What the record shows · Dec 22, 2017

He is recorded as the sponsor of H.B. 214 of the 132nd General Assembly, signed December 22, 2017 and effective March 23, 2018. The General Assembly's own short title for it is "Prohibit abortion if unborn has or may have Down Syndrome". Both names describe the same law.

Sources: Ohio General Assembly

Limit: He sponsored it and it became law, which is what the claim says. The card prints the legislature's own title beside the campaign's name for it because the two describe the same law in different words, and a reader is entitled to both. It takes no position on the law.

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