Sometimes I can hardly believe how crazy the social conservative movement has gotten, and this is one of those times.

As we reported last month, Republicans in Ohio launched their latest attack on women’s reproductive rights by introducing the “Heartbeat Bill,” which states that human life legally begins as soon as a heartbeat is audible. Since fetal heartbeats appear as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, and the majority of abortions take place in the first nine weeks, the bill would criminalize thousands of abortions in Ohio.

Now for the really crazy part. The fanatics pushing this Dark Ages legislation have named the witnesses they’ll be calling to hearings in the Ohio House. Among them: a 9-week old fetus.

An unborn child has been named as a legislative witness in Ohio during discussions of a unique bill that proposes to outlaw abortions after the first heartbeat can be medically detected.

The bill is being backed by Faith2Action, an anti-abortion group. Their in-utero witness will be the youngest ever to come before the house. The fetus will be just 9 weeks old.

A pregnant woman will be brought before the committee and an live ultrasound image of her uterus will be projected on the screen. The fetus’ heartbeat will be visible on the screen in color.

Good grief.