page_title: Mike DeWine
section_title: Abortion
hierarchical_section_title: Mike DeWine / Political positions / Abortion
caption_attribution_description: English: President George W. Bush congratulates Senator Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, on S. 650, the Pediatric Equity Research Act of 2003, in the Oval Office Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003. Senator DeWine's daughter and wife, Fran, are pictured at the left. Also pictured are Senator Bill Frist, R-Tenn., left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. The act gives the Food and Drug Administration the authority to require drug companies to conduct safety tests on pharmaceuticals that are to be administered to children. The President signed the bill into law Dec. 3, 2003.
context_page_description: Richard Michael DeWine is an American politician and attorney currently serving as the 70th governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, DeWine is a former United States Senator, elected in 1994 and re-elected in 2000. In 2006, DeWine ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Sherrod Brown. DeWine had served as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio under George Voinovich from 1991 until 1994. In 2010, DeWine was elected Ohio Attorney General, defeating Democratic incumbent Richard Cordray, and was re-elected for a second term in 2014. In the 2018 gubernatorial election, DeWine was elected Governor of Ohio, defeating Cordray in a rematch of their 2010 race.
  Prior to his being nominated as Voinovich's running mate in the 1990 election, DeWine served as a four-term U.S. Representative for Ohio's 7th congressional district beginning in 1983. He also served a term as an Ohio State Senator.
context_section_description: In April 2019, DeWine signed House Bill 493, known as the Ohio "Heartbeat Bill", into law, therein prohibiting abortion after a heartbeat is detected in a fetus, including in cases of rape and incest, imposing one of the most extensive abortion restrictions in the nation. DeWine is opposed to abortion. In the Senate, he was the lead sponsor of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act.
caption: President George W. Bush congratulates Senator Mike DeWine on the passing of the Pediatric Equity Research Act of 2003.
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