Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio State Representative, representing the 75th House District, which includes several counties in Northwest Ohio, and sponsor of HB 125, known as the "Heartbeat Bill"
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Lynn Wachtmann
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State Politics and the Gender Wars The National Organization for Women calls it "wonderfully humorous," but Ohio's Democratic State Senator Nina Turner says she's "as serious as a heart attack." She's one of the female legislators in several states who say they're giving the men a taste of their own medicine when it comes to restrictions on abortion and contraception. One proposal requires that a doctor confirm that a man has a medical reason for taking Viagra and knows the side effects before he can get a prescription. Another declares it an act against children for men to "waste" sperm . Supporters ask why anti-abortion laws don't make fathers equally accountable. We hear from them and from counterparts calling themselves "pro-life."
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