Ohio Right to Life

Ohio Right to Life is an Pro-life activist group based in Columbus, Ohio. It was established in 1967 by Jack Willke and his wife, Barbara.[1][2] Its president is Mike Gandaki's, who Ohio Governor John Kasich appointed to the state medical board in 2012.[3] The organization has drawn criticism from other pro-life groups for not supporting fetal heartbeat bills, which it considers to be too drastic a challenge to Roe v. Wade. Instead, they favor "chipping away" at Roe incrementally, beginning with laws banning abortion after 20 weeks' gestation.[4] Because of its opposition to heartbeat bills, Willke himself criticized the organization in 2011, saying, "...after nearly 40 years of abortion on demand, it's time to take a bold step forward."[5] The organization has attempted to lobby the Ohio state legislature to ban dilation and evacuation.[6] The Ohio right to life activist group/organization mission statement is "to promote and defend the right to life of all innocent human beings, from the time of fertilization until natural death"[7] More information about this organization is that it is a non-profit, non-sectarian educational organization.