Some Ohio Lawmakers Think Planned Parenthood Cuts Will Benefit Women's Health

COLUMBUS, Ohio –

The bill stripping nearly $1.5-million from Planned Parenthood got its final approval by the House of Representatives.

Some lawmakers say the defunding will actually benefit Ohio women.

“It is a done deal. It only lacks the governor’s signature to become law in the state of Ohio,” Rep. Bill Patmon said.

Patmon, co-author of the bill to defund Planned Parenthood clinics across the state, says he did what he had to do.

He calls his legislation a bill that increases funding and services for women’s health care.

“It’s hard for me to call it a victory when you do what you’re supposed to,” Patmon said.

“I think this is a moment of great shame for Ohio and the Ohio legislators who brought this bill forward,” Stephanie Kight, CEO Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, said. “It’s clear that they don’t understand about the real issues that affect women and healthcare and their families.”  

The defunding has been met with hard opposition and controversy from Planned Parenthood advocates.

They say the redirecting of more than $1.3-million will strip Ohioans of access to critical preventative health care services – like breast and cervical cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment as well as HIV testing.

“And they have always given me the best standard of care that I have ever encountered at any medical provider that I have every visited,” Buxi Lacobone said.  

Lacobone has been a patient since she lost her health insurance in 2012.

“I’ve been going to the statehouse for a long time to advocate on behalf of planned parenthood for those reasons and I keep going back and I feel like I’m not being heard, and I’m not being listened to,” Lacobone said.

Planned Parenthood representatives told supporters at the statehouse their doors will remain open no matter what, and they will continue to move forward as long as they can. But there are a number of services in jeopardy.

“This money is not going away. It’s solely being diverted from Planned Parenthood, which promotes and plans abortions,” Rep. Niraj Antani said.   

Lawmakers who support the bill say the money is going to be diverted to federally qualified health centers – over 200 in the state as opposed to only 28 planned parenthoods.

“The fact that we are funding more locations is a good thing, because it’s more acceptable for folks especially in rural and Appalachian Ohio,” Rep. Antani said. “It’s a win for women’s healthcare.”

“No compelling reason has been presented to me as to why this funding should be cut,” Lacobone said.

Kight says programs that face defunding are all community health programs which include – Healthy moms, Healthy Babies program which specifically targets reducing infant mortality, Violence Against Women which helps women who are victims of domestic violence, and State-wide HIV testing.

“Nobody knows what they’re going to do to replace these programs right now,” she said. “They’re not talking about who is going to step up and do the work that’s been done by Planned Parenthood, in some cases, for more than 20 years. They don’t have those answers.”

Some Ohio Lawmakers Think Planned Parenthood Cuts Will Benefit Women"s Health

Jonathan Ross cuts an especially svelte figure after losing two stone as chat show returns

By

Helen Turnbull For Mailonline

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14:56 GMT, 17 October 2015


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16:22 GMT, 17 October 2015

He’s been missing from the Saturday night television schedule for quite some time.

And Jonathan Ross appeared to have had somewhat of a body transformation as he brought his new trimmer figure out of hiding as he filmed the first episode of his new prime-time chat-show series on Friday

Jonathan, 54, looked especially trim as he welcomed guests – Tom Jones, Vin Diesel, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse – to his famed sofa on The Jonathan Ross Show.

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Fit at 54: Jonathan Ross cut an especially svelte figure after losing two stone as he returned to his prime-time chat show on Saturday

Before recording the highly-anticipated returning episode on Friday evening, the funnyman had made an appearance on Loose Women, during which his recent two-stone weight loss became a hot topic.

The ladies were so taken aback by his newly-slimmed-down shape that they asked him to stand up and give them a twirl.

‘I feel harassed,’ he joked. 

Twit-twoo: Before recording the highly-anticipated returning episode of The Jonathan Ross Show on Friday evening, the funnyman had made an appearance on Loose Women, during which his recent two-stone weight loss became a hot topic

Jonathan Loss: The much-loved chat-show host credited his two-stone weight loss to ‘hardly any carbs’

Jonathan went on to share his weight-loss secret, telling viewers ‘hardly any carbs’ was the foundation of his diet plan.

However, he added that his eating habits are far from strict, insisting he and the family enjoy hearty fry-ups and have ‘bacon with everything, even if you don’t fancy it’.

The father-of-three first revealed his slimmer shape on Alan Carr’s Chatty Man Stand Up to Cancer special last week.

When offered a fizzy drink from the host’s famous beverage cabinet, he said: ‘You’re trying to get me plump again! I’m trying to keep the weight off. I’m on a diet. I’m off the sugars and I’m off the carbohydrates.’

Committed to the cause: As he debuted his slimmer shape on Alan Carr’s Chatty Man last week, Jonathan refused to accept the offer of a fizzy drink, saying ‘I’m off carbs and sugar’

All-star line-up: From left to right – Vin Diesel, Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Tom Jones joined the 54-year-old for his debut show of the new series

Heartfelt: Vin, 48, led the guest line-up and discussed losing beloved ‘brother’ and co-star Paul Walker at length with the host, describing the on-set car crash tragedy which killed him as something he could never have imagined

Meanwhile, an emotional Vin, 48, led the guest line-up and discussed losing beloved ‘brother’ and co-star Paul Walker at length with the host, describing the on-set car crash tragedy which killed him as something he could never have imagined.

The award-winning actor said: ‘We lost my brother Pablo while we were filming [Furious 7]. It made for a very hard time to finish filming that movie. It’s funny because sometimes I’ll post a picture on Facebook and talk about Pablo and people will say, ‘just move on’ but the relationships in that franchise are so strong and the brotherhood so real that it transcends the experience of making the movie.

‘You spend 15 years going from being a nobody to being a somebody with a brother and then one day he’s gone and it’s a heavy experience. I know you all have suffered loss before, I know you know what I mean, yet somehow this is different than the other losses I have had. I grew up in New York City, being a bouncer and you would lose people while you were working but this was unlike anything we could have imagined.’ 

“Now when I think about it I feel blessed that I’m able to carry on and talk about how wonderful a person he was and how special a person he was. He’s really the best of us, he was that selfless and he was such an important figure in my life.’ 

The Jonathan Ross Show returns to ITV1 on October 17 at 10:15pm

Opening up: Sir Tom discussed the controversy surrounding his relationship with wife, Linda, while new mother Jessica talked about family life with her baby son Reggie

Jonathan Ross cuts an especially svelte figure after losing two stone as chat show returns

Fitness in your 60s cuts heart attack risk

13th Aug 15 | Fitness & Wellbeing

Nearing 60 and haven’t done much exercise in your life? It’s not too late to get fit.

It’s never too late to start exercise, as new research has found that beginning workouts in your 60s can make a big improvement to health.

Add to that that older people benefit from daily exercise more than they would have when they were younger and there’s no excuse, with as little as 20 minutes walking cutting the risk of a heart attack in a 60-year-old man by a fifth.

A team from Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute looked at 33,000 Swedish men with an average age of 60 between 1998 and 2012. The participants filled out a questionnaire about their current exercise regime, as well as documenting how fit they were at 30.

The findings, published in the journal of American College of Cardiology, revealed more recent activity affected the men’s health in a bigger way. Males who worked out more earlier in life but were inactive later were no less likely to suffer health problems than anyone else.

If anything, subjects who became fitter in later life had the biggest reduction in the chance of heart failure; their odds dropped by 21 per cent. Men who did little exercise at 60 were 47 per cent more likely to have heart problems than their fitter counterparts.

However, things took a turn when people did too much exercise. In fact strenuous working out left people 51 per cent more at risk of heart failure, so balance is key.

“Some studies have suggested heavy physical exercise, such as intense long-distance running, is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,” the authors wrote.

“We found that recent activity may be more important for heart failure protection than past physical activity levels,” study leader Andrea Bellavia added.

Professor Naveed Sattar of Glasgow University also supported this study, noting that once you find something you enjoy in later life it’s best to stick to it. He also warns sedentary people that becoming moderately active is safer than being “super active”, as the study found above.

Fitness in your 60s cuts heart attack risk