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There are about 1.3 million Ohio adults and children without health insurance. Four out of five of the uninsured are in working families. Racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to be uninsured.
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Ohio is among 38 states that allow executions. Lethal injection is the only method of execution in use today.Since the death penalty’s re-instatement in 1981, Ohio has executed 24 people, all men.
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 Progressives believe that controlling fertility is every woman’s right and that there is more to reproductive freedom than insuring access to safe and legal abortions. A wide range of issues affect how women experience this right, including availability of contraception, availability of information through comprehensive sex education and access to family planning clinics that provide reproductive health services.
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Progressives working in and with the GLBT community believe that providing basic job protections for the community is good public policy and good for business.
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Armed with an array of research showing the long-term benefits of early childhood education and intervention, progressives believe in the need for expanded pre-school programs and better access to mental health professionals who can diagnose and treat behavioral and problems. Improving educational opportunities and mental health services for Ohio’s youngest residents will result in higher academic achievement, reductions in foster care and juvenile detention and long-term savings in Medicaid.
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With global warming already causing rising sea levels and dramatic increases in temperatures in the Arctic, progressives believe in the need to reverse the trends and safeguard our planet though conservation, a strong emphasis on renewable energy sources, better management of fossil fuel consumption and improved education.
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