Jon Cross (born December 7, 1979) is a former member of the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

. Cross is a Republican. In 2018, Cross won a Republican primary to succeed

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in the

. Cross would then win a general election. In 2019, Cross co-sponsored legislation that would ban

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and criminalize what they called "abortion murder". Doctors who performed abortions in cases of

ectopic pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy is a complication of pregnancy in which the embryo attaches outside the uterus. Signs and symptoms classically include abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, but fewer than 50 percent of affected women have both of these sympto ...

and other life-threatening conditions would be exempt from prosecution only if they "

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all possible steps to preserve the life of the unborn child, while preserving the life of the woman. Such steps include, if applicable, attempting to reimplant an ectopic pregnancy into the woman's uterus".Ohio bill would make doctors 'reimplant' ectopic pregnancies (which is impossible) or face 'abortion murder' charges
National Post, November 29, 2019 Reimplantation of an ectopic pregnancy is not a recognized or medically feasible procedure.

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Representative Jon Cross (official site)
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