Middletown Journal, May 17, 2012 by Laura A. Bischoff Ohio lawmakers eyeing plan to re-prioritize federal grant spending. COLUMBUS — An ideological battle about abortion is being waged in the Ohio Statehouse as lawmakers consider a bill that would essentially take away federal family planning grants from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio. Legislators last month […]
May 16, 2012
NECN.com, May 16, 2012 by AP COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Advocates for Planned Parenthood centers in Ohio have packed a legislative hearing to show opposition to a measure that would send them to the back of the line to receive family planning money. Opponents say it will largely cut or altogether eliminate funding for Planned […]
May 7, 2012
Think Progress, May 7, 2012 by Igor Volksy The Republican Senate president in Ohio is lashing out against radical pro-life activists who are pressuring conservatives in the state to advance the so-called heartbeat bill, which would outlaw abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The measure has already passed the House and […]
May 6, 2012
Vindy.com, May 5, 2012 by Marc Kovac COLUMBUS – One of the ugliest fights this campaign season could be between two groups within the conservative camp, battling over a bill that would ban abortions within weeks of conception. Last week, GOP Senate President Tom Niehaus formally drew his line in the sand, making it clear […]
May 3, 2012
Columbus Dispatch, May 3, 2012 by Catherine Candisky President Tom Niehaus says he won’t pass legislation to essentially outlaw abortion in Ohio. House Bill 125, the so-called heartbeat bill, triggered an unprecedented split in Ohio’s anti-abortion community, which disagreed about whether it was a good legal strategy to enact legislation almost certain to be declared […]
April 30, 2012
RH Reality Check, April 30, 2012 by Robin Marty In Ohio, anti-choice groups schism over the controversial “heartbeat ban,” with one set of anti-choice activists declaring that the other side was going too far and could potentially damage the movement with their zealotry. Now, the same sort of push back appears to be happening in […]
April 20, 2012
Huffington Post, April 20, 2012 by Laura Bassett WASHINGTON– The GOP may insist that there is no war on women, but the campaign against Planned Parenthood, which provides health care to one in five American women each year, is gaining ground in the Midwest. Republican state representatives in Ohio slipped an amendment into the state’s […]
April 19, 2012
City Beat, April 19, 2012 by Hannah McCartney One of nation’s harshest anti-abortion bills still stalled in Ohio Senate “WE ARE ABOUT TO END ALMOST EVERY ABORTION IN OHIO!” proclaims the heading at heartbeatbill.com, the brainchild of the bill’s most staunch supporters. That’s a terrifyingly bold statement, and it’s one that’s not entirely true. What […]
April 19, 2012
Port Clinton News Herald, April 19, 2012 by Paul E. Kostyu 3 women drafted Ohio heartbeat bill, one doctor pushes for personhood bill Three women dressed in pajamas at a sleepover in November 2010 used a whiteboard to draft an anti-abortion measure that split the pro-life movement, backed Republican lawmakers into a corner — and […]
April 17, 2012
The Columbus Dispatch, April 17, 2012 by Jim Siegel House Republicans added a provision to the mid-biennium review today that would significantly cut or eliminate federal funding to Planned Parenthood. By implementing a new priority system for federal family planning dollars, similar to what was enacted in Texas, abortion rights opponents say the proposal may […]
March 15, 2012
NPR News, March 15, 2012 by Teresa Tomassoni For perhaps the first time in recent history, male reproductive health is at the forefront of political debate. In at least six states, lawmakers — all women and all Democrats — have proposed bills or amendments in the last few weeks that aim to regulate a man’s […]
February 19, 2012
Cleveland.com, February 19, 2012 by Cliff Pinckard Last week, the state House and Senate in Virginia passed two anti-abortion bills, one a ‘personhood’ law that “defines personhood at conception and “provides that unborn children at every stage of development enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities available to other persons, citizens, and residents of the […]
February 15, 2012
Cleveland.com, February 15, 2012 by Aaron Marshall COLUMBUS, Ohio — A bill aimed at expanding the scope of work that physician assistants can do suddenly is at the center of a heated battle over birth control. A last-minute amendment from State Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, chairman of the House Health and Aging Committee, bans physician assistants […]
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