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Opponents tell committee House Bill 262’s “Natural Family Month” would stigmatize nontraditional families
Summary
At a second hearing on House Bill 262, dozens of opponents — including Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio, faith leaders, adoption and LGBTQ advocacy groups, and families — argued the proposed Natural Family Month excludes and stigmatizes single‑parent, adoptive and LGBTQ families. No committee vote occurred.
The Ohio House Community Revitalization Committee on an unspecified date held a second hearing on House Bill 262, a resolution designating the weeks between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day as “Natural Family Month.” Numerous witnesses testified in opposition, saying the designation would stigmatize single‑parent, adoptive and LGBTQ families.
Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio’s director of public policy, Danielle Fierczyk, told the committee HB 262 “is a blatant insult to nontraditional unmarried single parent or LGBTQ plus families,” and warned the designation would exclude and demean households that do not fit the bill sponsors’ stated ideal. Fierczyk cited state demographic figures she presented during testimony: “approximately 557,000 Ohioans who identify as…
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