Ohio is one of the few remaining states that doesn’t require child sex abuse prevention to be taught in schools, but lawmakers said that may change thanks to a News 5 story.
Bipartisan legislators have tried five times in 10 years to pass Erin's Law, now House Bill 105, and Tuesday it went further than it has ever before. The bill was introduced to this General Assembly by state Reps. Brigid Kelly, a Democrat from Cincinnati and Scott Lipps, a Republican from Franklin.
"There are plenty of kids in Ohio that are going to go to bed tonight keeping the same secret I kept as a child, waiting to be taught in school, waiting to be given this education, to empower them that they will be believed and how to speak up," Erin Merryn said."Had I been educated as a young child, I would have spoken up," the advocate said.
The bill has had no opponent testimony, however, a few republicans and the Center for Christian Virtue have spoken out against it, saying that it teaches sexual education and keeps parents in the dark. During the hearing, state Sen. Sandra O'Brien, a Republican from Ashtabula, warned that not every parent would be able to check their child's curriculum.
"It's helping kids in K-6 understand a good touch, bad touch or appropriate behavior," Lipps said."It's helping children 7-12 understand sexual violence or 'no means no.'" "I want them to do nothing with this bill, they should not be in the classroom teaching kids this — they have a totally different agenda," the activist said."It has nothing to do with personal body safety. Erin's Law has nothing to do with sex ed and anyone tries to teach it there, believe me, I'll have a lot to say about that."
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