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	Press Release May 10, 1994	Home TSC Ohio Press Releases

May 10, 1994, Columbus, Ohio.  More OEA delegates than ever before, from both sides of the abortion issue, debated the Ohio Education Association's (OEA) strong pro-abortion position.

"All we are asking is for the OEA to stay out of the abortion issue," said Connie Bancroft, Executive Director of Teachers Saving Children^®. "They have no business imposing their pro-abortion beliefs on us and students and teachers of the future."

"If the OEA was completely successful with its pro-abortion agenda, there would be very few students left to teacher," said Dave Kaiser, a delegate from Mercer County. "They should allow individuals to pursue their personal convictions regarding abortion by adopting the one position which will truly be neutral, a position of silence."

"There definitely was increased support this year to eliminate this divisive issue from the OEA Resolution document," said Ken Mazer, a delegate from Wickliffe. "Because of the mounting support, the OEA was no longer able to side step the issue with a quick voice vote." Delegates attending OEA's Representative Assembly in Columbus on May 6-7, again voted to retain the abortion language of Resolution I-3 but by a narrower margin than at previous assembly meetings.

A survey recently conducted by teachers in nine school districts across the state indicated that 73% of teachers responding agreed that the OEA should not take a position concerning abortion. The message from three out of four teachers was, "Stick to education; Stay out of abortion".

Teachers Saving Children^® is an Ohio organization of pro-life teachers and other concerned citizens committed to establishing among professional educators' organizations a respect for all human life from conception to natural death.

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