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Pro-Life AG Mike DeWine Files Motion to Close Toledo Abortion Clinic

Facility Still Open After Being Order Closed Almost a Year Ago

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Hearings Begin on Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

60 Percent of Americans Support Protections for Pain-Capable Babies

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Today, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services heard sponsor testimony on Ohio Right to Life's premier legislation for 2015, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S.B. 127). This legislation prohibits abortions in Ohio at the point at which pre-born babies can feel pain, which starts no later than 20 weeks gestation.

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Down Syndrome Abortion Ban Voted Out of Committee with Bipartisan Support

Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act Advances to House Floor.

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Today, the Ohio House Committee on Community and Family Advancement voted in favor of Ohio Right to Life's Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act (H.B. 135), 9-3 with bipartisan support.

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Abortion-Inducing Drug Safety Act Introduced in the Ohio House

Legislation to Stop Abortionists from Using Drugs Off-Label

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Today, Representatives Tom Brinkman (R-Cincinnati) and Christina Hagan (R-Alliance) introduced the Abortion-Inducing Drug Safety Act (H.B. 255) in the Ohio House of Representatives. 

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ORTL Announces Young Professionals for Life of Central Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Today, Ohio Right to Life announced the creation of Young Professionals for Life of Central Ohio, a new pro-life organization that aims to supplement the work of local pregnancy help centers by providing peer-to-peer support for young women and men facing unplanned pregnancies. 

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ORTL Announces Muskingum County Right to Life

Christy Tigner to Lead New Right to Life Organization 

ZANESVILLE, Ohio--Today, Ohio Right to Life announced the installment of Muskingum County Right to Life, the newest addition to the organization's statewide network of affiliates, chapters and clubs. Leading the organization as president is Christy Tigner, who also serves the pro-life cause by volunteering at Heartbeats, a pregnancy center in Zanesville.

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U.S. House Passes Pain-Capable Abortion Ban

Pro-life Legislators from Ohio Lead Charge to Protect Unborn

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (HR 36), 242-184. This legislation would prohibit abortions at the point at which babies can feel pain, no later than 20 weeks gestation. This day marks the second anniversary of the conviction of Kermit Gosnell, the notorious Philadelphia abortionist who was found guilty of murdering three babies by severing their spinal cords following failed abortions. 

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Pro-life Legislative Day with Secretary of State Draws Crowd

Ohio Pregnancy Centers Seek State Funding 

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Today,Ohio Right to Life hosted its Pro-Life Legislative Day, which featured Secretary of State Jon Husted as the keynote speaker at the luncheon. Representatives from pregnancy centers across Ohio came to Columbus to share their work with their legislators and to advocate for funding for the Pregnancy and Parenting Support Program. Ohio Right to Life successfully advocated for the addition of the program to the State Budget which passed out of the Ohio House in April.  

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Down Syndrome Abortion Ban Receives Sponsor Testimony

Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act Advances in Ohio House

COLUMBUS, Ohio--Today, the Ohio House Committee on Community and Family Advancement heard sponsor testimony on Ohio Right to Life's Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act (H.B. 135)

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Ellen Wittman Wins 2015 Ohio Right to Life Oratory Contest

Ohio Pro-life Youth Compete for a Spot at National Competition in New Orleans 

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ellen Wittman, a junior at Immaculate Conception Academy in Cincinnati, won first place in the 2015 Ohio Right to Life Oratory Contest held this past Saturday at the Tree of Life Christian Schools Ministry Center in Upper Arlington. Ellen's speech discussed the controversial discoveries at convicted abortionist Kermit Gosnell's Philadelphia abortion facility in 2010.

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