ACLU Sues Ohio Over Law Banning Transgender Treatments for Minors
The organization alleges that the state’s prohibition on minors with gender dysphoria receiving drugs and surgeries violates several parts of the Ohio Constitution.
The organization alleges that the state’s prohibition on minors with gender dysphoria receiving drugs and surgeries violates several parts of the Ohio Constitution.
Next, the bill will be sent to the Ohio Senate, which plans to vote on it on Jan. 24. Republicans also hold a 26-7 supermajority over Democrats in the Ohio Senate.
Bishop Fernandes also announced a summit of “Respect Life leaders” next year who will come together in collaboration and to determine present needs for diocesan response.
EDITORIAL: In response to the dismal election results this month, we must be prepared to work even harder and more creatively than we did in the past to proclaim the gospel of life.
Pro-life organizations are expressing concern for families, women and children after Ohio voters approved a referendum to enshrine a right to abortion in the state Constitution.
The Ohio Catholic Conference, which represents the state’s bishops, strongly opposed the amendment.
Do Ohio voters want their state to be a refuge for the Kermit Gosnells of the world?
A Yes vote would establish a new constitutional right to abortion, and a No vote would reject that language being added to the state Constitution.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7, but early voting has already begun. Voting Yes on Issue 1 would amend the Ohio Constitution to add a new right to ‘reproductive freedom,’ which includes ‘abortion’ and ‘contraception,’ among other things. Voting No on Issue 1 would prevent this language from being added.
One church was defaced with pro-abortion messages spray-painted on a window and more than a dozen other church properties had their pro-life campaign signs stolen or destroyed.
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