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GOP Wants to Restore Funding for Abstinence-Only Ed

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's budget pulled funding from abstinence education only programs in Ohio's schools.

But a new budget bill being considered by the Ohio legislature is expected to keep funding that program and add a new component. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

Jo Ingles is a professional journalist who covers politics and Ohio government for the Ohio Public Radio and Television for the Ohio Public Radio and Television Statehouse News Bureau. She reports on issues of importance to Ohioans including education, legislation, politics, and life and death issues such as capital punishment.