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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Saturday June 03, 2023 ( 3 items )  

ACLU OF OHIO FILES AMICUS BRIEF ON BEHALF OF EQUITAS HEALTH IN SUPPORT OF CITY OF COLUMBUS' CHALLENGE TO OHIO'S 'HEALTHCARE DENIAL LAW' AS VIOLATING THE OHIO CONSTITUTION
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: The ACLU of Ohio filed an amicus brief on behalf of Equitas Health in City of Columbus v. State of Ohio, a case challenging the legality of Ohio's Healthcare Denial Law, or the so-called 'medical conscience clause.' This amendment of the budget bill (H.B. 110), signed into law by Governor DeWine on June 30, 2021, allows medical providers, hospitals, and health insura  more

America First Legal Demands Records From Five Gender Clinics in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, Utah, and Virginia Regarding Chemical Castration and Genital Mutilation Known as "Gender-Affirming Care"
WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The America First Legal, a civil rights organization, issued the following news release: America First Legal (AFL) filed five public records requests with public gender clinics in Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, Utah, and Virginia to obtain records related to "gender-affirming care," - a euphemism for chemical castration and genital mutilation. The phenomenon, known as "gender-affirming care," involves the practice of prescribing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to c  more

NWRA Ohio Chapter Chair Testified Against SB 119
ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 (TNSgov) -- The National Waste and Recycling Association issued the following news release: Steven White, Chapter Chair for the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) Ohio chapter, along with several member companies, testified against SB 119, legislation that would dramatically increase (in some cases more than 500%) the governmental fees associated with the disposal of construction and demolition debris and solid waste in Ohio. If adopted, the price for ma  more