Ohio | October 28, 2021
Ohio Senate Passes Bill to Stop Infanticide, Protect Babies Who Survive Abortions
Ohio | October 28, 2021
The Ohio Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday to stop infanticide by ensuring that babies who survive abortions receive basic medical care.
State Senate Bill 157 passed in a 25-6 vote and now heads to the state House for consideration.
The pro-life bill would create penalties for abortionists who fail to preserve the health or life of a child who survives an abortion. It also would require abortionists to report to the Ohio Department of Health when a baby is born alive in a botched abortion.
“The bill acknowledges the simple fact that regardless of the circumstances surrounding his or her birth, every child deserves our compassion and care,” said Sen. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, a physician and the lead sponsor of the legislation. (Excerpts from LIFENEWS.COM)
Ohio | September 14, 2021
Students at Ohio University: Pro-Life Group ‘a Danger to the Student Body’
Ohio | September 14, 2021
The student newspaper editorial board at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio criticized the school for allowing a pro-life group to be established on campus because it poses “a danger to the student body.”
The Observer newspaper titled its editorial, “Case For Life is a danger to the student body — the failure of CWRU to protect its community.”
The editorial reveals students have embraced the narrative promoted by the abortion industry, including Planned Parenthood, that promotes “bodily autonomy” for the mother but not the unborn child, which the authors refer to as a “group of cells.”
The editorial says, in part:
This goes to show that despite the outrage by the student body and despite the fear that Case for Life instills, the university continues to refuse to take action. To put it simply, CWRU does not care about its students. If they actually cared, they would have immediately considered concerns about the student body’s immediate safety and the broader school-community impacts, and they would have easily determined this organization to pose a danger. Case for Life may have voiced their opposition to sidewalk counseling through an Instagram Direct Message (even though there is nothing to hold them accountable to that); however, they do not contest participating in protests outside of clinics or other forms of imposing their views on vulnerable people within and surrounding the CWRU community. Case for Life says its mission is to “protect and promote respect for all life,” and they commit to a “nonviolent approach in all that [they] do.” But protesting outside of an abortion clinic is inherently violent; preying on vulnerable people who, no matter the circumstance, have chosen to do what is best for their life violently threatens their privacy and their right to make that decision. This organization does not value the pregnant person’s life… (Excerpts from BreitBart)
Ohio | July 5, 2021
Ohio Legislature Passes Budget Giving $6 Million to Pregnancy Centers Saving Babies From Abortion
Ohio | July 5, 2021
Yesterday, the Ohio Legislature passed a biennial operating budget which maintained several key pro-life provisions, including funding for pregnancy centers that provide help for pregnant women and save babies from abortion.
The Senate voted 32-1 to accept the report of the Committee of Conference on Substitute House Bill 110, the budget bill for the 134th General Assembly, with the House later accepting the report on a vote of 82-13.
Lawmakers included $6 million for the Ohio Parenting and Pregnancy Program which provides funding for pregnancy centers. The budget also includes pro-life provisions which protect parents’ conscience rights and strengthen requirements for abortion centers to provide emergency medical care for women injured by botched abortions. The require that abortion businesses have an agreement with a local physician to ensure women are treated quickly….
(Excerpts from LIFENEWS)