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![Molly Wales dances in her carrot costume during a smoothie party at the front of the classroom with students at The Plains Intermediate School.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/photo-edit-e1713363809900-900x422.jpg)
How school nurse Molly Wales transformed sex education in Athens
By: Claire Schiopota
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THE PLAINS, Ohio (WOUB) — A packed class of 40 sixth graders at The Plains Intermediate School sit patiently and whisper to each other as a tall woman with a… Read More
![A city resident speaks to the Athens City Council. The photo is taken from the back of council chambers and there are residents filling almost every seat.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/296437855_1122700581649832_6640434260124330683_n-e1659472386870-900x422.jpg)
Residents petition City Council to decriminalize abortion in Athens
By: Kaitlin Thorne
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ATHENS, Ohio – The subject of abortion wasn’t on the agenda for Monday’s Athens City Council meeting, but city residents turned out in force to ask the Council to protect… Read More
![An abortion protest outside the Ohio Capitol](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ariel-view-of-crowd-gathered-at-ohio-statehouse-for-abortion-rights-rally-on-june-26-2022-credit-karen-kasler-scaled-e1657729722121-900x422.jpg)
Debate over abortion in Ohio taking shape in U.S. Senate and other statewide races
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic candidates in Ohio are pushing for abortion to be a key issue in their campaigns for statewide office, from the U.S. Senate race… Read More
![Newly-elected Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery) offers the opening prayer for the first session of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 134th General Assembly on January 4, 2021.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gary-click-opening-prayer-house-1-4-21-e1657638083679-900x422.jpg)
With six-week abortion ban in place, new bill would confer ‘personhood’ from conception
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Less than a month after a six-week abortion ban went into effect in Ohio, a new effort has been launched to revive an old… Read More
![Planned Parenthood President Iris Harvey at a protest with a bullhorn](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_0241-scaled-e1657382825985-900x422.jpg)
Abortion providers share stories of Ohioans seeking services
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s new six-week abortion ban is in place but Ohioans who want abortions still have options to get connected to those services. Dr. Adarsh… Read More
![Abortion advocates unfurl a banner and shut down a vote in the Ohio Senate on an abortion bill, September 28, 2021](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/abortion-advocates-unfurl-a-banner-and-shut-down-a-vote-in-the-ohio-senate-on-an-abortion-bill-september-28-2021-credit-jo-ingles-e1651253495569-900x422.png)
Ohio State University study calculates travel, cost for procedure if Ohio bans abortion
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio State University study examined what the result could be for people seeking an abortion if it were not an option in Ohio…. Read More