>>That bill is just too Draconian. I lived in Ohio for a number of years - Kasich will never sign it.

For interest: in Indiana, a simple majority vote is enough to overturn a governor's veto. Yet Pence is blamed for allowing a bill guaranteeing religious freedom that already passed 40-10 (which seems to be a simple majority) with the bill then twisted into an attack on the VP candidate.

Indiana doesn't have line item veto for the governor either, so Pence couldn't even veto just those parts that might be interpreted as permission to discriminate.

Ohio does have line-item veto for governor and it needs 3/5 of the legislature, not just a simple majority, to overturn the governor's veto.

Seems to me that in both states, the governor's power is quite limited compared to the legislature. By the time it hits the governor's desk it's already been passed by House and Senate. If it passed by enough of a margin that a veto overturn is probable, a vetoing governor risks wasting political capital merely to hold the bill up for a while.

Interesting that in Ohio there's another abortion bill in the wings, Senate Bill 127 that blocks abortions from 20 weeks unless the mother's life is at risk. This conflicts with the current bill but is less likely to be successfully legally challenged or to be vetoed by the governor.