Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio

📢 Fighting to protect reproductive rights & accessible health care in Ohio, which includes abortion.

[Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio @PPAOhio]

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio is taking a step back from X.

🦋 You can find us on Bluesky here: https://t.co/M0ZXUrcJ91

[Honesty For Ohio Education @Honesty4OhioEd]

‼️Urgent action is needed to stop HB 8‼️ Calls are needed now urging lawmakers to vote no on HB 8
Find your state legislators and their contact information here: https://t.co/D1mtZGuBTz

[ACLU of Ohio @acluohio]

@mac_sean14 @TheOhioChannel @gdanielsohio @malgraceg @KYCOhio @transohio @EqualityOhio 📢Keep the pressure up! The Committee is adjourned for tonight but there is another hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9am, where a vote is likely.

📢TAKE ACTION! Tell lawmakers to vote NO: https://t.co/dhDn048xpX

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: "We are asking the state to do the right thing & protect our youth. School should be a place of education. Right now it is a place where children have to survive threats on their lives & their mental health. With HB8, this dire situation becomes worse."

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: "House Bill 8 is a message to my community that we are not welcome. Forty-one percent of our youth who do not receive desperately-needed care consider self harm or even suicide as a way out. How many kids’ lives will it take to become a progressive state?"

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

"By taking away the safety that school offers in the form of counselors and teachers to talk to, this bill would force trans students to make a terrible choice: hide their truth & live with the mental pain it brings, or risk the backlash of a family who simply may not be ready."

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: "With the help of adults who understood me, I was able to choose when I felt safe enough to come out and became the confident person you see today. I was lucky, but my story could’ve looked very different without the safety and knowledge school offered."

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: "In my school’s guidance counselor, I found a place where I could talk about my confusion. I love my parents to death, but I knew this wasn’t something they would understand or accept yet, so having a safe place to label what I was feeling was a blessing."

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: "This bill has been dubbed the Unsafe Students Act, but it is clear to me that the true threat to the safety of students is a lack of accurate & precise knowledge, including a diverse depiction of experiences that they might relate to."

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: "Every person has the right to make informed decisions about their body and health. House Bill 8 makes this impossible by limiting students’ access to medically-accurate sex education, which necessarily includes education on sexuality and gender identity."

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: HB8 fosters an environment where educators feel intimidated & micromanaged, which hinders their ability to provide safe, inclusive, and effective education. Trust between educators and students is crucial, and this legislation jeopardizes that relationship.

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: HB8 will only add to the teacher shortage we face in Ohio. It doesn't matter how low you lower the standards for people to teach in the state of Ohio if there is no one who wants to be in the classroom because of the government overreach into our profession.

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio storyteller: If HB 8 is passed and becomes law, I will be forced to out children to their parents if they disclose to me they are LBGTQ+, no matter their home situation. This will hinder queer students' ability to feel safe, which will then hinder their ability to learn.

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

@PPAOhio This bill will only add to our already existing teacher shortage, increase levels of bullying and adverse mental health effects on LGBTQ+ youth, and ensure the continuing exodus of Ohio families who no longer feel welcome in this state.

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

Apologies...link here: https://t.co/u774F65dEy.

Four of our @PPAOhio Speakers Bureau storytellers will be testifying against this absurd bill. Send them some love if you're at the Statehouse! <3

[Danielle Firsich @DanielleFirsich]

🚨All testimony hearing for HB8 (ban on "sexuality content" in school classrooms with "Don't Say Gay" forced outing provision) is in Senate Education at 3PM. Looks like we have a single proponent, and well over 150 opponent witnesses 💪

Watch live here: https://t.co/1ZB28BMVa3

[Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio @PPAOhio]

It’s critical that we do everything we can to stop the passage of HB 475 to protect public health. Send a message to the Ohio House Government Oversight Committee urging them to vote NO on HB 475 here: https://t.co/ZClkv0JSo5

[Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio @PPAOhio]

‼️Anti-abortion lawmakers are back in session, and the Ohio House Government Oversight Committee is considering HB 475.‼️

[Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio @PPAOhio]

This bill is a gross overreach of government power. It demonstrates that bills like this are not about health—they're about politics, and they're hurting Ohio families.