Bill Dean is an American politician serving as the state representative for the 74th District 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 ...

. He is a

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. The district includes Madison County as well as portions of Clark County and Greene County.

Life and career

Dean is a lifelong resident of

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and has been a licensed plumber for over thirty years. For the past twenty-six years, Dean has owned and operated Dean's Plumbing, based in Xenia and serving southwest Ohio. He has been married for over forty years and is the father of ten. His son-in-law,

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, is credited for encouraging Dean to run for office.

Ohio House of Representatives

In 2016, Dean filed to run for the 74th District of the

to replace

Bob Hackett Bob Hackett (born August 3, 1949) is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 10th district since 2016. Career Hackett, a graduate of Columbia University where he played on the Columbia Lions football team, served two terms as a ...

, who was term limited. Dean was one of four to file for the Republican primary in a district that leaned overwhelmingly Republican. Against his three opponents, Dean went on to win the nomination with nearly 38% of the vote. When Senator

Chris Widener Christopher Widener (born August 22, 1963) was the President pro Tempore of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 10th Senate District, which includes Madison, Clark and Greene counties. Before the Senate, he served three terms non-consecutive ...

resigned from his seat in the

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prior the expiration of his term,

was appointed to replace him, vacating his seat in Ohio House. Soon after,

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Cliff Rosenberger Cliff Rosenberger (born April 23, 1981) is a former American politician who was a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving the 91st District from 2011 until 2018. He was Speaker of the House from 2015 until 2018. It was an ...

stated that whoever won the Republican primary would be seated to succeed Hackett. As a result, Dean was seated on April 12, 2016, following his primary victory. In 2019, Dean 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 symptoms. ...

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 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.

References

External links

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