Very encouraging to see a politician put his money where his pro-life mouth is:
An Ohio lawmaker has proposed a bill that would allow parents to claim 'conceived children' as dependents on their state income taxes.
Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery) recently introduced House Bill 654, or the Strategic Tax Options for Raising Kids (STORK) Act, which would allow Ohioans to include embryos or fetuses conceived during the taxable year as dependents. If a taxpayer and their spouse file separate returns, only the expecting mother can claim the embryo or fetus. The bill would apply to taxable years ending on or after Jan. 1, 2025.
As Click noted, the provision "can help families alleviate financial pressure associated with childbirth and preparing for a baby:"
'There's a lot of money that's spent in preparation,' Click said. 'You start spending money as soon as you know that you have a baby on the way, and yet you can't claim that child.'
He's right! Any expectant parent, especially a first-time parent, knows how much money you have to shell out to get your life and home ready for that baby:
Here's the best part: Rep. Click got the idea after some smarmy pro-abortionist tried to hose him on an earlier pro-life bill:
The lawmaker said he got the idea for the bill when he introduced the Personhood Act in July 2022, which would have added that personhood of an individual is declared from the moment of conception to the Ohio Revised Code. The Personhood Act did not pass.
'In the midst of the conversation, somebody was really being a smart aleck, and they said "Well, can we claim them on our taxes?'" Click said. 'And I thought, "Well, you know, that actually does make sense.'"
Imagine how that brainiac feels after directly bringing about a major pro-life law:
Notably, Ohio is among the states that recently voted to enshrine abortion in its constitution; Rep. Click is playing it cool by noting that his law doesn't have any bearing on that awful amendment:
'A tax bill for the state level is not going to undo the constitutional amendment,' Click said. 'This could be pro-life or pro-choice. Either way, people on both sides have babies, and to recognize that parents have expenses for those babies before the baby comes just seems logical to me.'
A smart policy in support of life that everyone should be able to get behind.
Watch as the pro-aborts try to scuttle it.
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