TAFT WELCOMES YOUNG WOMEN--Gov. Bob Taft gestures as he opens the annual Young Women in Science and Technology conference, held at Reynoldsburg High School, in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2001. The event brought over 1,000 young women from 89 Ohio high schools together for workshops to encourage them to enter science and technology carreers. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

ENVIRONMENTAL TROUBLE SPOTS--Jack Shaner, of the Ohio Environmental Council, looks at a map of the state which shows areas which the council considers as failures of the Voluntary Action Program, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PRO LIFE RALLY--A crucifix is held by one of several hundred pro-life advocates during a rally, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2001. The rally, sponsored by the Columbus Right to Life, was in protest to the 28 year anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade case which legalized abortion in the U.S. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

IF--Paul Davis, left, and Shawn Beathard, of Mt. Sterling, hold a sign during a pro-life rally, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2001. The Youth Rally for Life, held on the 28 year anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in the U.S., was sponsored by Columbus Right to Life and attracted several hundred. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)