OHIO PROLIFE ACTION REPORT

Ohio ProLife Action - No Medicaid Expansion
Federal Monies Attached to Anti-Life Policies

Ohio ProLife Action Statement on Ohio Participation in Federal Medicaid Expansion

Ohio Pro-Life Action is concerned that Ohio not accept federal monies which are attached to anti-life policies and regulations, nor encourage the federal government to incur greater debt to fund this expansion of federal control over Ohio citizens and their health care decisions.

Whereas, those states that participate in federal Medicaid expansion will be governed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) individual mandate requiring individuals to obtain insurance, thus legislating increased Medicaid recipients subject to the so-called HHS Mandate and entrenching Medicaid in these states as an arm of the federal government...

Whereas, Medicaid has covered for years, under states' limited discretion, the same measures that citizens are protesting in the HHS Mandate as a violation of conscience--surgical abortions (in Ohio in restricted cases),3 contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, and sterilizations... 

Whereas, Medicaid expansion will expand these tax-funded practices to the underprivileged, which not only violate the conscience rights of many taxpayers, but are elective and medically unnecessary procedures and drugs...

Whereas, leading abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, is a recipient of Medicaid funding for so-called "family planning" measures, and funds for non-abortion procedures frees an abortion provider for its other programs....

Ohio ProLife action calls upon Governor John Kasich, the Ohio House of Representatives, and the Ohio State Senate to decline Ohio participation in federal Medicaid expansion and work instead for Medicaid reform for best use of taxpayer funds and essential medical care for the underprivileged.
  

Ohio House Member's Contact Info:

Adams, John (R-Sidney), 614-466-1507

Adams, Richard (R-Troy), 614-466-8114

Amstutz, Ron (R-Wooster), 614-466-1474

Anielski, Marlene (R-Walton Hills), 614-644-6041

Baker, Nan (R-Westlake), 614-466-0961

Batchelder, Bill (R-Medina), 614-466-8140

Beck, Peter (R-Mason), 614-644-6027

Becker, John (R-Union Twp.), 614-466-8134

Blair, Terrence (R-Washington Twp.), 614-466-6504

Blessing, Louis (R-Cincinnati), 614-466-9091

Boose, Terry (R-Norwalk), 614-466-9628

Brenner, Andy (R-Powell), 614-644-6711

Brown, Tim (R-Bowling Green), 614-466-8104

Buchy, Jim (R-Greenville), 614-466-6344

Burkley, Tony (R-Paulding), 614-644-5091

Butler, Jim (R-Oakwood), 614-644-6008

Conditt, Margaret (R-Liberty Twp.), 614-466-8550

Damschroder, Rex (R-Fremont), 614-466-1374

Derickson, Tim (R-Oxford), 614-644-5094

DeVitis, Tony (R-Uniontown), 614-466-1790

Dovilla, Mike (R-Berea), 614-466-4895

Duffey, Mike (R-Worthington), 614-644-6030

Gonzales, Anne (R-Westerville), 614-466-4847

Green, Doug (R-Mt. Orab), 614-644-6034

Grossman, Cheryl (R-Grove City), 614-466-9690

Hackett, Bob (R-London), 614-466-1470

Hagan, Christina (R-Alliance), 614-466-9078

Hall, David (R-Millersburg), 614-466-2994

Hayes, Bill (R-Harrison Twp.), 614-466-2500

Henne, Michael (R-Clayton), 614-644-8051

Hill, Brian (R-Zanesville), 614-644-6014

Hood, Ron (R-Ashville), 614-466-1464

Hottinger, Jay (R-Newark), 614-466-1482

Huffman, Matt (R-Lima), 614-466-9624

Johnson, Terry (R-McDermott), 614-466-2124

Kunze, Stephanie (R-Hilliard), 614-466-8012

Landis, Al (R-Dover), 614-466-8035

Lynch, Matt (R-Chagrin Falls), 614-644-5088

Maag, Ron (R-Lebanon), 614-644-6023

McClain, Jeff (R-Upper Sandusky), 614-644-6265

McGregor, Ross (R-Springfield), 614-466-2038

Pelanda, Dorothy (R-Marysville), 614-466-8147

Perales, Rick (R-Beavercreek), 614-644-6020

Retherford, Wes (R-Hamilton), 614-644-6721

Roegner, Kristina (R-Hudson), 614-466-1177

Romanchuk, Mark (R-Mansfield), 614-466-5802

Rosenberger, Cliff (R-Clarksville), 614-466-3506

Ruhl, Margaret Ann (R-Mt. Vernon), 614-466-1431

Scherer, Gary (R-Circleville), 614-644-7928

Schuring, Kirk (R-Canton), 614-752-2438

Sears, Barbara (R-Sylvania), 614-644-1731

Slaby, Marilyn (R-Akron), 614-644-5085

Smith, Ryan (R-Gallipolis), 614-466-1366

Sprague, Robert (R-Findlay), 614-466-3819

Stautberg, Peter (R-Cincinnati), 614-644-6886

Stebelton, Gerald (R-Lancaster), 614-466-8100

Terhar, Louis (R-Cincinnati), 614-466-8258

Thompson, Andy (R-Marietta), 614-644-8728

Wachtmann, Lynn (R-Napoleon), 614-466-3760

Young, Ron (R-Leroy), 614-644-6074