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October 24, 2011
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Healthy Families Ohio, a broad-based coalition opposing the proposed “personhood” amendment to the Ohio Constitution, today welcomed Attorney General Mike DeWine’s rejection of the petition summary.
“We were confident that the ‘personhood’ supporters didn’t meet the legal threshold of ‘fair and truthful’”, said Sandy Theis, spokesperson for Healthy Families Ohio. “Attorney General DeWine’s actions today confirmed this.”
The radical “personhood” amendment would likely ban most common forms of birth control, limit access to life-saving medical treatments, restrict in vitro fertilization treatments, outlaw abortion without any exceptions and impact countless laws by forcing costly government intrusion in our lives.
“Healthy Families Ohio will continue to oppose this far-reaching effort to change Ohio’s constitution,” concluded Theis. “Giving legal rights to fertilized eggs has serious consequences. So, too, does inserting the government into the personal, private health care decisions that women and their families make every single day.”
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Healthy Families Ohio is a growing coalition of medical professionals, constitutional and legal experts, faith leaders, professional organizations, and family and children advocates who are urging Ohioans to reject the extreme and costly changes to the Ohio Constitution pursued by this radical group.
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