New bill would end death penalty in Ohio

New bill would end death penalty in Ohio, but include state-funded abortion ban
Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and assisted suicide.
New Ohio legislation would ban the 'funding of death'
The bipartisan bill would abolish the death penalty in Ohio and ban the use of state funds for assisted suicide and abortion.
Bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers offer new approach to repealing death penalty
Ohio lawmakers from both chambers and both sides of the aisle announced a measure Tuesday that would abolish the death penalty and prohibit any state funding from supporting abortion services or physician-assisted suicide.
Trump, area lawmakers at odds over death penalty in Ohio
Two Miami Valley lawmakers were part of a bipartisan cohort Tuesday touting legislation to prohibit the use of state funds for assisted suicide and abolish the death penalty in Ohio, just a week after President Donald Trump's executive order to fully restore the practice nationally.
Bipartisan effort to end death penalty in Ohio returns
Democrats and Republicans in the Ohio Statehouse have again joined to try to stop the death penalty in the state.
Ohio lawmakers want to halt taxpayer funding of death penalty, abortion and assisted suicide
A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers is introducing a bill meant to stop the "funding of death" in the state — no more death penalty and no dollars for physician-assisted suicide or abortions.
New push to end death penalty in Ohio
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