Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence Supports Rape Crisis Center Law
COLUMBUS, Ohio- Today, Ohio Right to Life obtained a letter dated June 10, 2013 from the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence (OAESV) thanking State Representatives Kirk Schuring and Nan Baker for their sponsorship of Sub. House Bill 108, which establishes the first ever funding stream for rape crisis centers (Read the letter).
Katie Hanna, the executive director of OAESV, informed the sponsors that the bill’s language “will not impact the services to victims of sexual assault in Ohio.” Hanna concluded, “Victims of sexual assault in Ohio are in great need of services and this bill will significantly improve supports and outcomes for survivors of rape in Ohio.”