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The common thread of what proponents are voicing is there is something for everyone to hate about the death penalty. The only question now is whether it is enough for Ohio to finally end laws and practices that manage to represent everything flawed with our criminal legal system.

The ACLU of Ohio stands in opposition to the congressional districts proposed in HB 479 as they will not accurately reflect the people of Ohio in Congress.

The ACLU of Ohio stands in opposition to the congressional districts proposed in SB 258 as they will not accurately reflect the people of Ohio in Congress.

The ACLU of Ohio eagerly supports legislation that expands reproductive access, and that is exactly what HB 142 would do.

Keep in mind, the regulation being discussed in SB 242 is not radical or burdensome. It is simply acknowledging not everyone can or wants to use a credit card 100% of the time and recognizing the various problems that arise when, of all things, a business decides it does not want to accept cash.

SB 181 is not only a reminder, it is a "belt and suspenders" approach to protect students' faith.

With the recent Executive Order, President Joe Biden has publicly declared the ending of private prison contracts with the federal government, in efforts to decrease mass incarceration rates. But, states still use private prisons and the order failed to include people without documentation.

Under HB 322, should a teacher or school district wish to inform her students of this history, she is forbidden to teach it or refer to is as deliberate, systemic racism.

HB 327 makes illegal the State Board of Education, school districts, schools, staff, and teachers instructing students that such things as slavery in the United States, or the Jewish Holocaust.