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The leading organization for repro rights in Ohio. Formerly Pro-Choice Ohio.
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The House votes, approving House Bill 485 to go to the Ohio Senate for further deliberation next year.

You can contact your member of the Ohio Senate and tell them you oppose anti-abortion propaganda in schools: abortionforward.org/propaganda/
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Rep. Josh Williams opposes the amendment that would change the range of grades the bill applies to... because of his own transphobia.

This man continues to create new and creative ways to be the most disgusting member of the Ohio legislature.
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Rep. @berylbrownpic.bsky.social moves to amend the bill to address IVF, which the video does not acknowledge as a pathway to parenthood. She notes that the 2023 Issue 1 amendment specifically supports IVF.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"It's not medically accurate." - Rep. @robinsonforoh.bsky.social is dismantling the terrible ideas included in House Bill 485. He's sharing his experience as a parent with a child taking sex education classes in school and how the bill neglects educational need.
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Why does Ohio have no health education standards? It's because the Republican majority in the state legislature doesn't want to accept the fact that education experts and parents across the state want their students to receive comprehensive sex education.

This bill ain't it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Bill sponsor Melanie Miller says the Baby Olivia "does not replace Ohio's education standards."

Well, she's technically correct in that OHIO IS THE ONLY STATE WITH NO HEALTH EDUCATION STANDARDS. This video does not in any way address that massive missing need.
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Public schools are not a place to make religious assertions out to be fact, nor a battleground for the political ends the adults who are supposed to protect our children’s education decide to take up.
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Live Action has been reviewed and confirmed by third parties to promote pseudoscience and whose “sole mission is to discredit Planned Parenthood and to advocate for pro-life policies.”
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The video recommended by the Baby Olivia Act is also full of medical inaccuracies and misleading talking points. This use of inaccurate and misleading content is part of a greater trend—and arguably the organizational mission—of Live Action, creator of the Baby Olivia video.
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Sponsors and proponents of HB 485 claim that the bill is about “instruction in human growth and development.” In fact, it mandates the insertion of a single political agenda and worldview into our public-school curriculum, a worldview many Americans do not subscribe to.
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Ohio House is now debating House Bill 485, to force teachers to show students in grades 5-12 an anti-abortion propaganda video.
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Ohio House votes to pass this harmful and unconstitutional legislation. The bill heads to the Ohio Senate for further deliberation next year. You can contact Ohio state senator and demand they oppose it: abortionforward.org/medication-a...
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Rep. @desireetims.bsky.social reminds the House that Ohio voters clearly spoke in support of reproductive freedom in 2023, and that House Bill 324 is unconstitutional as it violates the Ohio Reproductive Freedom Amendment.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Our state has a plethora of actionable issues, an ongoing homelessness & housing crisis, healthcare deserts, unacceptable maternal & infant mortality rates, and more, that this General Assembly should be working to fix. Leave the unconstitutional abortion restrictions in the past where they belong.
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
House Bill 324 sponsors say it's about patient protection, but it's really about using misinformation. Limiting access to mifepristone via telemedicine will especially harm people of color, low income individuals and those living in rural areas without easy access to healthcare.
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Mifepristone has been used by tens of thousands of individuals since the FDA approval in 2000. It is a safe and effective form of medication abortion. But anti-abortion extremists are using junk science to limit access to medication abortion services and mental healthcare.
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Ohio House is now hearing House Bill 324, which adds restrictions against the safest and most common medication used for abortion care. Rep. @reprachelbaker.bsky.social spoke against the bill in committee and opposes it on the House floor.
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Ohio House passes Senate Bill 293, which now attacks voters' rights.
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rep. @ashleyforohio.bsky.social explains one of the common ways voters can have their ballots challenged despite no wrongdoing, such as a name change upon getting married as happened to her. She moves to amend to give voters increased information.
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Rep. @russo4ohio.bsky.social explains why the current law allows for voters' ballots to count when they are properly postmarked before Election Day, even if received a few days after polls close. The law accommodates slower action by the USPS in handling ballots.
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM