Are Your Legislators Pro-Choice?
Last November, Ohio elected a pro-choice governor as well as a pro-choice attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer for the first time in 16 years. Now four of the five state-wide elected officials are pro-choice! Unfortunately we did not make the same gains in the Ohio Legislature. The Ohio House and Senate are still controlled by a nearly two-thirds anti-choice majority. On the federal level, pro-choice Americans elected three new pro-choice senators and we gained 23 pro-choice members of the House. Unfortunately President George W. Bush will be in office until January 2009. The right to choose is only protected by a one vote majority on the U.S. Supreme Court--and that balance could change if even one Supreme Court justice dies or retires. To find out if your Ohio legislators are pro-choice, check out the 2005-2006 Ohio House and Senate Scorecards. These scorecards report how each member of the Ohio House and Senate voted on reproductive rights bills during the last legislative session.
Click here for the 2006 Ohio House of Representatives Scorecard.
Don't know who your State Representative or State Senator is? Click here to look-up your state and federal legislators.
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