governor -- and yesterday the
legislature failed to override
that veto.
The votes of state
representative Glenn Holmes
from Trumbull County -- left
some
people wondering where he stands
on abortion. First News Anchor
Stan Boney
this afternon talked with
Holmes.
Stan's live in the studio with
he had to say.
When the Ohio House of
Representatives voted November
15th on the heartbeat
abortion bill -- Trumbull
County's Glenn Holmes voted in
favor of it -- one of
only two Democrats in the House
to do so. But yesterday -- when
the House voted to
override the governor's veto --
Holmes changed his position --
voting not
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I talked this afternoon with the
state representative about his
votes. Holmes
says he's pro-life -- but he
accepts that abortion is the law
of the land. He says he
voted for the bill the first
time -- so he could -- in his
words -- "get a seat at the
table" with
the Republican majority -- and
add items to the law. Holmes
favors state
government paying for birth
control -- free IUD's, free
condoms -- even free vasectomies
-- all paid for by the state. He
also wants to spend money on
babies after they're
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"YOU KNOW ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE
MONEY TO TANF FUNDS,
TEMPORARY AID TO NEEDY FAMILIES.
ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE MONEY TO
ADOPTION SERVICES, AND FOSTER
CARE AND ALL THOSE MEDICAL
NEEDS, AND NUTRITION NEEDS THAT
KIDS NEED. AND A LOT
OF PRO LIFERS AREN'T."
Holmes wanted the birth control
and after birth programs funded
-- and when the
Republicans wouldn't give him
what he wanted -- he changed his
vote -- and said no
to overriding the governor's
veto.
Republican leaders in Columbus
have already said the heartbeat
abortion bill
will come up again next year.
Governor- elect Mike DeWine has
said he will sign it.
But Glenn Holmes says if it does
not include birth control and
after-birth
programs -- he will vote against
it. Live in the studio -- Stan
Boney -- WKBN 27
First News. [E8]530
