Timothy E. Ginter (born May 25, 1955) is an American politician serving as the Speaker Pro Tempore 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 C ...

. He has served in the House of Representatives since 2015, representing District 5. Ginter is an ordained minister, and has also worked in various other occupations. He ran against Jason Wilson in 2008 for the

Ohio Senate The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the se ...

, but lost. In 2014, Ginter replaced

Craig Newbold Craig Newbold (born July 31, 1948) is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 1st district, serving one term from 2011 to 2013. Life and career A native of East Liverpool, Ohio, he later went forth to become a ...

as the Republican candidate for state representative in the 5th district. Ginter went on to defeat incumbent Democrat

Nick Barborak Nick Barborak is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 5th district. Before his election he was Treasurer of Columbiana County, a position he was first appointed to in 2007 after the incumbent was elected to t ...

in the 2014 general election with 59% of the vote. He is a member of the Ohio Farm Bureau,

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, Buckeye Firearms Association, Salem Chamber of Commerce, an associate member of the Columbiana County Township Association, a member of the Columbiana County Republican Party Central Committee, and currently serves as an appointed member of the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood. In 2019, Ginter co-sponsored legislation that would ban abortion in Ohio 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 sympt ...

and other life-threatening conditions would be exempt from prosecution only if they " ookall 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 anti-abortion bill would force procedure not medically possible
Lauren Steussy, New York Post, November 2, 2019Ohio 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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Ohio State Representative Timothy E. Ginter
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1955 births 21st-century American politicians American Christian clergy Living people Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Mount Vernon Nazarene University alumni People from Salem, Ohio People from Shelby, Ohio {{Ohio-OHRepresentative-stub