Buckeye Ladies, Have A Seat

Ohio Republican lawmakers in the State House just told Ohio women that their health needs are literally the last thing the state is worried about funding.

A sweeping state budget that would give residents an income tax cut while scrapping an expansion of Medicaid passed the Republican-controlled House on Thursday after lawmakers agreed to continue discussing health coverage for the poor.

The $61.5 billion, two-year budget rewrites Republican Gov. John Kasich's proposals for overhauling the state tax code and drops his plans to extend Medicaid health coverage to thousands more low-income residents.

The House voted 61-35 on the spending blueprint, which would begin July 1. The plan, with the support of one Democratic lawmaker, now goes to the GOP-dominated Senate, where more changes and hearings are expected.

So it's looking like no Medicaid for Ohio's poor because, well, screw them, they're poor.  Why should Ohio Republicans give a damn, right?  Oh, but it gets better for the ladies in particular:

Democrats were unsuccessful in their attempts to boost money for local governments and delete a provision that sends Planned Parenthood to the back of the line for public family planning money.

Yep.  Ohio is about to become the latest state to defund Planned Parenthood.  The state's about to learn what happens when you put Republicans in charge:  they go after women.

Have a seat, ladies.  The GOP War on Women just came home.