Ohio Right to Life

Ohio Right to Life
Founder John C. Willke
Type Non-governmental organization
Purpose Activism
Headquarters Columbus, Ohio
President
 Michael Gonidakis
Director of Legislative Affairs
 Jessica Koehler
Director of Communications
 Jamieson Weaver
Website www.ohiolife.org

Ohio Right to Life is an anti-abortion activist group based in Columbus, Ohio. It was established in 1967 by Jack Willke and his wife, Barbara.[1][2] Its president is Michael Gonidakis, who Ohio Governor John Kasich controversially appointed to the state medical board in 2012.[3] The organization has drawn criticism from other anti-abortion groups for not supporting fetal heartbeat bills, which it considers to be too drastic a challenge to Roe v. Wade. Instead, they favor "chipping away" at Roe incrementally, beginning with laws banning abortion after 20 weeks' gestation.[4] Because of its opposition to heartbeat bills, Willke himself criticized the organization in 2011, saying, "...after nearly 40 years of abortion on demand, it's time to take a bold step forward."[5] The organization has attempted to lobby the Ohio state legislature to ban dilation and evacuation.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Right to Life opens Ross County chapter". Detroit Free Press. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  2. ↑ Eaton, Emilie (2015-02-21). "Cincinnati Right to Life founder dies". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  3. ↑ Gross, Allie (2015-12-02). "John Kasich's Quiet Campaign To Cut Abortion Access". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Chrissie (2016-12-12). "Ohio's 'heartbeat' abortion bill poses Kasich's first test in Trump era". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  5. ↑ Eckholm, Erik (2011-12-04). "Ohio Bill Splits Anti-Abortion Forces on Legal Tactics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  6. ↑ Borchardt, Jackie (2017-02-09). "Ohio Right to Life seeks to ban most abortions after 13 weeks". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
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