Issue 2 or a New Post to Save Cari's Career...

Not really though, but wrap your mind about people letting this woman teach. Who knows the subversive horrors she'll instill in the minds of the youth? I mean a feminist, pro-gay, anti-poverty message. The damage to be done. However, I concede that my last post had an argumentative title.

But actually, this is about Ohio SB 5, which has now been christened Issue 2. It's all shiny and new again. The referendum on the anti-union/workers' rights essentially cutting their rights to collective bargaining leaving everyone of the mercy of companies in an at will state. (I've spent several weeks in Cleveland this month working on research for my thesis on women returning to work and public assistance, which another post all together.)

Issue 2 falls between two other hefty bills, well at least one. Issue 1: changing the mandatory retirement age for judges (yeah not really as sexy as worker and health care, but hey why not). Issue 3: will nullify Ohio participation in the federal health care reform.

These will all be Yes/No on the ballot, but we don't know yet how they'll be worded. What we do know is that the language will be confusing on the last two of these three. Ohio Ballot Board will be meeting next week to decide on the language.

The meeting will be open to the publics:

The gathering is set for 10 a.m. in the Finan Finance Hearing Room of the Senate Building, the annex connected to the east side of the Statehouse. The meeting is open to the public and will also be streamed live online at www.ohiochannel.org.

The whole article can be found here: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/07/28/sb-5-referendum-will-be-issue-2-on-november-ballot.html?sid=101

Ohio Hates Women, but Loves Unborn Babies

Sometimes I wonder if they could predict the sex of the baby at conception if abortion regulations would only be applied to women carrying male children. These people obviously have no concern for women's rights so they probably don't extend to the fetus of the female sex either.

The Ohio House has passed three abortion related bills this past week. If passed by the Senate (and of course signed into law by Gov. Kasich (R.)), they will impose the strictest abortion regulations in the nation.

One of the bills (dubbed the Heart Beat Bill) would prohibit abortion if a heart beat can be heard, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The supporters of this bill are open about their wish to use this as the legal basis for overturning Roe v. Wade. Yeah, wrap your mind around that.

Republicans are arguing for more protections for fetuses under the law while Democrats are arguing to protect women. Rep. Robert Hagan (D.) went so far as to attribute these bills to the male dominated Ohio-House [shocking]. The heart beat bill includes an exception for medical emergencies, but not in the case of rape or incest.

A second bill would prevent abortion after the 20th week, once the fetus could survive outside the womb. Ohio's Right to Life is backing this bill and a similar measure has been approve in the Senate. Additionally, a bill passed the House that prevents certain insurers from providing abortion coverage.

This legislation is being called "protective". Of course, those being protected are unborn fetuses not the pregnant women.

Some thoughts on these bills from the perspective of Ohio Representatives:

"In order to make progress in protecting unborn babies, you have to first ask the courts to offer more protections," said the bill's sponsor, state Rep. Lynn Wachtmann, a Republican from Napoleon in northwest Ohio.

"I trust women," said state Rep. Connie Pillich, D-Montgomery. "I trust women more than I trust the government to make decisions about their medical care."

Read more: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/3-abortion-related-bills-clear-GOP-led-Ohio-House-1443072.php#ixzz1QrKWhdll