OHIO ABORTION DEBATE--Sen. Robert Latta, R-Bowling Green, gestures during floor debate on legislation that would outlaw certain kinds of partial birth abortions, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 16, 2000. Latta was one of the Senate sponsors that saw the bill pass. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OHIO ABORTION DEBATE--Sen. C.J. Prentiss, D-Cleveland, gestures as she speaks against legislation that would outlaw certain kinds of abortion, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 16, 2000. In the foreground is Sen. Eugene Watts, R-Dublin. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OHIO ABORTION DEBATE--Sen. Leigh Herington, D-Kent, speaks during debate on legislation that would outlaw certain kinds a late-term abortion, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 16, 2000. The bill passed. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OHIO ABORTION DEBATE--Sen. Louis Blessing, R-Cincinnati, joins the debate on his sponsored bill that would outlaw certain late-term abortion procedures, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 16, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

SCHOOL FUNDING--Andrew Benson, president of the New Ohio Institute gestures during a news conference concerning a report critial on the state's school-funding, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 16, 2000. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PROTECTION FOR THE DISABLED--Todd Gatewood, of Coshocton, Connie Roll, center, of Chillicothe, and Kelly Allen, of Middletown attend Senate session for the vote of legislation that would create a registry of persons that are abusive, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 16, 2000. The bill passed the Senate and will go to the House. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)