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Ohio: Pro-life

May 15, 2009 - 12:23 pm
NEWS FEED: Buckeye State Blog

BizzyBoy apparently never reads past a headline: Gallup poll shows virtually no change on attitudes on abortion

By modernesquire

Over at BizzyBlog, Tom Blumer is whipping himself into near orgasmic joy over today's Gallup Poll that find that a majority of Americans for the first time identify themselves as "Pro-Life" as opposed to being "Pro-Choice." 

Of course, Blumer thinks this is a titanic shift in public opinion on the issue on abortion.  Instead, all the poll really shows is that the people identify the term "Pro-Life" as being more moderate than the extreme "no abortions under any circumstances" that Blumer and the Republican Party takes.  On the actual policy issue of abortion, people's attitudes today aren't much different than they've been since 1975.

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Wed, 09/10/2008 - 13:59

Ohio Right to Life endorses Schuring in OH-16

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

The Ohio Right to Life Society Political Action Committee announced its endorsement of state Sen. Kirk Schuring (R-Jackson Township) in the race for Ohio's 16th Congressional District on Wednesday.

Schuring is going up against state Sen. John Boccieri (D-Alliance) to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Ralph Regula (R-Navarre).

Schuring said he was excited about the endorsement and called himself "pro-life and pro-family."

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 12:10

Ohio Right to Life wins court ruling allowing advocacy groups to use names of political candidates within 30 days of election

By David DeWitt, PolitickerOH.com Reporter

The Ohio Right to Life Society is praising the ruling made by Ohio Southern District Court Judge George C. Smith that prevents the Ohio Elections Commission and the Ohio Secretary of State from enforcing a state law that would have prohibited any advocacy group from airing advertisements mentioning the name of a political candidate within 30 days of an election.

Ohio Right to Life Society executive Dircetor Mike Gonidakis said that the ruling was not just about Ohio Right to Life.

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