Ohio needs you

From Progress Ohio:

For three long years, Planned Parenthood Action of Ohio, NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, and supporters requested a hearing for the Ohio Prevention First Act -- a common-sense, common-ground measure that would reduce the number of unintended pregnancies in Ohio by increasing access to birth control and ensuring fact-based sex education programs in public schools.

Many of you in the Progress Ohio community wrote letters and made phone calls, and yesterday your efforts paid off: the Ohio Legislature finallyheld its first hearing on the Prevention First Act!

Now we need your help to keep the bill moving forward.
As the legislature hears testimony and makes decisions, it's a great time to create some "buzz" in the media. Can you take a moment to write a Letter to the Editor (LTE)?

If you can help, click here to get started writing a letter of your own.

For more info, here's a blog post I wrote about the Ohio Prevention First Act back in September. As an Ohio resident, I thank you in advance for your support!

Ohio Prevention First Act

Click here to sign a petition from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio:

For over three years now, the Ohio Prevention First Act has gone without a hearing in the Ohio House of Representatives. This critical piece of legislation was put on the back burner while teen pregnancy rates rose and sexually transmitted disease rates skyrocketed...
The chairman of the Ohio House Health Committee will schedule a hearing for the Ohio Prevention First Act later this year - late November or December...
Please invite your friends to sign the petition. Every voice brings us closer to passing this much needed legislation.

The Ohio Prevention First Act will reduce unintended pregnancies through:

• Realistic sexuality education and teen pregnancy prevention programs,
• Funding for family planning programs,
• Guaranteed access to birth control prescriptions,
• Contraceptive equity, and
• Emergency contraception access and education.

So, click and sign to urge Rep. Wacthmann to give the bill a hearing.