the original ohio "heartbeat bill" (house bill 493) was authored by porter, who launched the first version of it in ohio in 2011, and advocated for its passing; former governor john kasich then vetoed it twice, prior to its passing in 2019. in 2011, she played "testimony" from a fetus in legislative hearings on the bill, by projecting an ultrasound image onto a screen and showing it to legislators.