Signals threat to marriage equality, contraception, and private intimacy

WASHINGTON — June 24, 2022 — Today the League of Women Voters of the United States President Dr. Deborah Turner and CEO Virginia Kase Solomón issued the following joint statement in response to the 6 – 3 Supreme Court decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns the constitutional right to abortion as recognized for nearly 50 years in the landmark cases of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey:  

School districts across Ohio will be able to authorize teachers, principals and other staff to carry firearms into classrooms this fall after only 24 hours of training now that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 99 on June 13.  Previously 700 hours of training were required.  The 24 hour training includes four scenario-based training hours, plus a maximum of 20 hours for first aid training, history of school shootings and reunification education. It includes only 2 hours of hands- on training with a gun.