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Ohio budget bill bans ‘second base’ from sex-ed class
The Ohio House Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a budget that prohibits teachers from condoning “gateway sexual activity,” according to The Columbus Dispatch. “Today the Ohio House Finance Committee voted to send our state back to the 1950s,” said Kellie Copeland, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio. “The Ohio House…
Ohio pro-life group plans to force vote on ‘heartbeat’ bill
An Ohio-based pro-life group hopes to force a vote on legislation that would prohibit abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks. The bill already passed in the Ohio House, but Republican Ohio state Senate President Tom Niehaus announced Tuesday that the…
Ohio House passes LGBT non-discrimination bill. Republican complains of increased number of homos
Ohio has been one of those states that was fertile ground for a marriage amendment; in 2004 there were not enough progressive or moderate voters to keep it at bay, a cornucopia of religious fundamentalists and bigots marshalled forces to power it through to the polls where it easily passed,…
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