{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Levi Dean | image = Levi Dean by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Dean at the 2024 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation | state_house = Ohio | district = 71st | term_start = January 1, 2025 | term_end = | preceded = Bill Dean | succeded = | succeeding = | office2 = Member of the Xenia City Council | term_start2 = 2018 | term_end2 = 2025 | party = Republican | parents = Bill Dean (father) }}
'''Levi Dean''' is an American politician. He serves as a Republican member for the 71st district of the Ohio House of Representatives.
== Life and career == Dean served in the Xenia City Council from 2018 to 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofxenia.org/directory.aspx?EID=114|title=Levi Dean|work=City of Xenia|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xeniagazette.com/2024/02/29/four-candidates-run-for-71st-district-representative/|title=Four candidates run for 71st district representative|first=Ethan|last=Charles|work=Xenia Gazette|date=February 29, 2024|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref>
In March 2024, Dean defeated Joshua Day, Robert Fudge and Tyler Scott in the Republican primary election for the 71st district of the Ohio House of Representatives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dispatch.com/elections/results/2024-03-19/race/36266/ohio|title=2024 Ohio Republican Primary Elections Results - State House District 71|work=The Columbus Dispatch|date=March 19, 2024|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> In November 2024, he defeated Krista Magaw in the general election, winning 70 percent of the votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/elections/results/2024-11-05/race/36265/ohio|title=2024 Ohio General Elections Results - State House District 71|work=USA Today|date=November 5, 2024|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> He succeeded Bill Dean. He assumed office on January 1, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Levi_Dean|title=Levi Dean|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> === Abortion Legislation ===
In June 2025, Dean co-sponsored the Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act, a proposed bill that would grant full legal personhood to fertilized embryos and criminalize abortion as homicide.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Susan |date=2025-06-11 |title=Anti-abortion lawmakers draft legislation to criminalize abortion in Ohio |url=https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/06/11/anti-abortion-lawmakers-draft-legislation-to-criminalize-abortion-in-ohio/ |work=Ohio Capital Journal}}</ref> Critics argued that defining all fertilized embryos as legal persons, despite the high rate of natural embryonic loss, introduces legal and biological inconsistencies. They also argued that natural processes such as miscarriage—which account for most embryo loss—are unaddressed by the legislation, raising concerns about the bill's implications.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burns |first=Jessica Mason Pieklo |date=2022-05-06 |title=Personhood Laws Are a Logical—and Legal—Nightmare |url=https://rewirenewsgroup.com/article/2022/05/06/personhood-laws-are-a-logical-and-legal-nightmare/ |work=Rewire News Group}}</ref>
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