Ohio NOW
The Ohio Chapter of the
National Organizaton for Women, Inc.

Please join Connie Schultz, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, Ohio NOW and other members of Freedom of Choice Ohio (FOCO) on Wednesday, April 22 for the 4th Annual Prevention First Lobby Day. This exciting day will be full of trainings and opportunities to talk to your state senator and representative about the Ohio Prevention First Act and other critical prevention legislation. There will be information packets, suggestions on how to talk to your legislator and a keynote address from Connie Schultz of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and author of "And His Lovely Wife." Appointments will be made for you so you can go alone or with a small group to talk to your legislator to ask for support and passage of the Prevention First Act.

The "Ohio Prevention First Act will:

  • Require insurers to cover the cost of birth control pills or devices if they cover other prescription pills or devices. (Many cover Viagra, why not the pill?)
  • Guarantee rape survivors access to emergency contraception in emergency rooms.
  • Require pharmacies to fill all in-stock legal prescriptions and dispense all over-the-counter medications.
  • Provide students with medically accurate information on abstinence, contraceptives and condom use to prevent unintended pregnancies and STD's including AIDS/HIV.

    Nearly 50% of the pregnancies in the US are unintended, one of the highest rates for an industrialized nation. We need the Prevention First Act - a common sense solution to the problem.
    Wednesday, April 22, 2009
    9am - 4pm
    YWCA 65 S. Fourth St. Columbus, OH 43215

    Box Lunch - $15 by April 1st  - $20 afterwards.

    Please register by calling 1-800-466-2725 (Ohio NARAL) Or email FOCOhio@gmail.com

    Be sure to tell them you a member Ohio NOW

    Once registered you will receive Lobby Day information by e-mail with everything you need (maps, parking, etc.)

    In Sisterhood,

    Ohio NOW

     

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