Badly outnumbered by Republicans and men, Ohio’s 14 Democratic women legislators gathered for their annual lobby day and offered humor, hope and advice on how to pass pending legislation that Rep. Janine Boyd likes to call “really pro-life.’’
Under the banner From Birth to the Boardroom: Empowering Women, Empowering Ohio , the women discussed a series of bills they have sponsored, most of which sit stalled in the House and Senate.…
Democratic women lawmakers unveiled new legislation designed to protect people from the increasingly violent protests taking place at women’s reproductive health clinics.
House Bill 408 calls for a civil court right of action for employees of reproductive health facilities experiencing harassment and would require protestors to stay at least 15 feet from clinic entrances.…
THE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
By Julie Carr Smyth
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio: Believing state legislators were solely responsible for abortion restrictions added to the 2013 budget bill, activists and editorialists across Ohio called on Gov. John Kasich to veto the provisions.…
USA TODAY
By Jessie Balmert, The (Newark, Ohio) Advocate
COLUMBUS — An Ohio woman whose baby would have been stillborn was forced to travel 300 miles to Chicago because no Ohio abortion clinic would do the procedure, she said.…
PLUNDERBUND
by D.C. DeWitt
Here’s a shocker: A majority of Ohioans respect and revere women. Unfortunately, Republican leaders do not.
A new survey from Public Policy Polling of likely Ohio voters shows they overwhelmingly support laws that would require paid maternity leave and equal pay for equal work, and they oppose a bill that would make it illegal to abort a fetus with Downs Syndrome.…
New PPP Poll: Ohio Voters Support Pay Equity, Paid Maternity Leave;
Oppose Fast-Moving Bill to Ban Abortion if Fetus Has Downs Syndrome
For Immediate Release:
Sept. 28, 2015
COLUMBUS — A majority of Ohio voters overwhelmingly support laws that would require paid maternity leave and equal pay for equal work, and they oppose a bill that would make it illegal to abort a fetus with Downs Syndrome.…
Understatement of the year: abortion is controversial.
In the past four years, states have enacted around 267 legislative policies that seek to restrict abortion access. Meanwhile, the sketchy, anti-choice Center for Medical Progress has released a series of highly-edited undercover videos designed to portray Planned Parenthood and its affiliates as callous lawbreakers.…
Another Planned Parenthood video?! Yes… Let us explain.
Following the lead of the so-called Center for Medical Progress, we, along with our ally Majority Ohio, present you with THIS NEW undercover footage revealing what Ohio officials really think about PP.…
Another Planned Parenthood video?! Yes… Let us explain.
Following the lead of the so-called Center for Medical Progress, we, along with our ally Majority Ohio, present you with THIS NEW undercover footage revealing what Ohio officials really think about PP.…
WCMH-TV COLUMBUS
By Ted Hart
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – About 200 people gathered for a pro-life rally at the Ohio Statehouse Tuesday.
It was one of several dozen rallies planned for cities across the country in the wake of the release of hidden camera videos this month that appear to show senior Planned Parenthood officials talking about harvesting and pricing of fetal tissue and body parts.…