This week, a new study confirmed old news: abstinence-only programs don't work. Yet the Ohio legislature continues to allow school districts to cheat students out of a complete education. Lawmakers with common sense, however, are proposing that all sex education must be comprehensive sex education to close the knowledge gap about how to prevent unintended pregnancies. Ohio House Education Committee Chair Brian Williams is part of that effort, and we thank him for scheduling hearings on House Bill 316.

The new study we mentioned? The Guttmacher Institute released their report "Facts on American Teens' Sexual and Reproductive Health." It confirms what we already suspected: between 2005 and 2006, the rate of teen pregnancies increased 3%. A teenager that becomes pregnant will likely face serious setbacks in her educational progress and her career opportunities. This rate increase also comes with a massive cost to taxpayers.

By scheduling hearings on HB 316, Rep. Williams will provide committee members with the opportunity to learn how comprehensive sex education will help to prevent unintended pregnancies and save taxpayers’ money.


There's something we don't trust about legislation that uses sarcasm. That's why we became skeptical when we read Senator Jones' Senate Concurrent Resolution 24 and came across the word reform in quotes, as in Health Care "Reform."

Instead of working on ideas to improve public health in our state, Senator Jones wrote an ineffective resolution telling Congress to reject any legislation that includes abortion care as an option for women under health care reform. She is using her seat in the Ohio General Assembly to voice support for federal policies that would restrict a woman's access to safe and legal reproductive health services. She would surely fit in with the likes of U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) and Representative Bart Stupak (D-Michigan).



-Gabriel

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I was recently flying out of CMH (that's how us cool people say Port Columbus International Airport) and I thought to myself, "What if it was possible for me to park farther away from the terminal? And wouldn't it be cool if I could somehow deny women accurate information about abortion services at the same time?"

Well, ask and ye shall receive!

FastTrack Airport Parking has announced that they will donate 10% of participating customers' bills to Pregnancy Decision Health Centers.

"But wait," you ask, "this place sounds like a good thing. Aren't they a medical facility? They call themselves a 'Health Center'?"

A medical facility? Not so much. Pregnancy Decision Health Centers is a business that functions for the express purpose of making women decide not to get an abortion through any means possible - including applying guilt, religious lectures, peer pressure, and lies about abortion care.

To bring in unwitting women, they offer pregnancy tests and ultrasounds. No one mentions the person operating the ultrasound equipment isn't a medical professional and wouldn't be able to spot something wrong. Some staff are dressed in nurses' scrubs to give the appearance women are receiving medical care.

FastTrack, in case you were wondering, is a company that lets you save money by charging less for daily parking than the airport's own overnight lot. The trade off is you have to take their shuttle bus all the way from their lot "near" the airport to and from your car. The big savings for a longer trek to your car? A massive $0.25 per day!

In a way, PDHC and FastTrack go hand in hand. Both advertise a service that's almost what people want.



-Gabriel

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