Carolyn Harding with Dr. Lauren Beene, a general pediatrician practicing in the Cleveland area. She is co-founder and Executive Director of Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights and co-leader of the non-partisan grassroots coalition Protect Choice Ohio and the Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights alliance. Dr. Beene is concerned that abortion restrictions will cause a medical crisis in Ohio, and will disproportionally affect the most vulnerable populations, including her teenage patients and people of color. Dr. Beene with Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, Protect Choice Ohio & Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights are working diligently toward protecting reproductive freedom via the citizen-led ballot initiated constitutional amendment on the November 2023 ballot.Welcome to GrassRoot Ohio.Yesterday, on July 25, 2023, 495,938 valid Ohio voter signatures were certified from the Ohio Secretary of State office, meeting the requirements for citizen-led ballot initiative “The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety” to be on the November, 2023 ballot - where Ohio voters can Vote to codify the Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety in the Ohio Constitution.Huge Congratulations Dr. Beene!Talk about this monumental Win.ProtectChoiceOhio.comhttps://ohioansforreproductivefreedom.orghttps://www.facebook.com/OURR2023GrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.Every Friday Sundays at Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.Face Book: www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/Instagram: www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/SoundCloud! @user-42674753Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQIntro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!