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CINCINNATI — City Council on Tuesday voted down a proposed ban on "vaccine passports," leaving the door open for private businesses to require their patrons to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

Republican Betsy Sundermann, who introduced the ban as a motion and became the only vote in its favor, argued it would provide clarity for Cincinnati companies considering vaccine passport requirements.

"Businesses have the right to know what we're going to do," she said. "It's not our role as government to force especially private businesses to require those. Our restaurants are struggling right now, our small businesses. We'd be asking servers and bartenders and grocer clerks to verify medical documents."

Every other member of City Council voted against a ban. Democrat Chris Seelbach argued it didn't make sense to consider a ban on a policy that was not widespread within the city and had not been formally proposed within City Hall.

"I am not going to support something that's banning us from doing something that we haven't even talked about even considering doing," he said.

Others, such as Republican Liz Keating, worried that implementing a ban now could tie the council's hands if health officials recommended vaccine passports in the future.

"I think, out of principle, making a decision about something we don't know in the future what health commissioners are going to advise, I just think it's irresponsible," she said.

Sundermann's proposed vaccine passport ban was a partial response to New York City's requirement that people show vaccine status there.

No single vaccine policy is banned or enforced by state law in Ohio. Some individual venues and private businesses in Cincinnati, including the Taft Theatre, Music Hall and Andrew J. Brady ICON Music Center, have instituted their own proof-of-vaccination policies.




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'You can't stay in the past and expect to move forward in the future'

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"You can't stay in the past and expect to move forward in the future.”

That’s how a lifelong member of Revelation Missionary Baptist Church described the church’s decision to use gentrification to fuel a move from the West End to Mouth Healthy. WCPO gentrification reporter Monique John joins the Hear Cincinnati podcast to tell the full story.

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Revelation Church was seen as a safe haven for African Americans in Cincinnati and beyond.

First, host Brian Niesz is joined by community reporter Lucy May, senior manager of enterprise/investigative Meghan Goth, and senior real-time editor Pat LaFleur to discuss equality in Cincinnati, facts on the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine, another indicted Cincinnati council member, King's Islands new campground and more.

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Lebanon City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance to make Lebanon a "sanctuary city for the unborn," banning abortions and abortion-inducing drugs. The city is the first city in Ohio to do so.The council voted 6-0 on the emergency ordinance at its meeting Tuesday evening.The council heard public comment for over three hours in a room that reached full capacity.Passage of the ordinance makes providing an abortion a first-degree misdemeanor, and punishable by 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine.To date, 27 municipalities in Texas and Nebraska have outlawed abortion. Lebanon is the first city in Ohio to ban abortions.Lebanon's ordinance was sponsored by six of seven members of city council, including the mayor.Councilwoman Krista Wyatt turned in her resignation at 3 p.m. Monday, effective immediately, in regards to the ordinance debate, because she did not support it.“I'm heartbroken to not fulfill my term and I know many people will be disappointed," she said. "I'm powerless to do anything about it as one vote, so I decided I might as well not even be there.”“I want to make it very clear -- I am not pro-abortion. I don't know anyone who is, but I do not think we as council members have a right, a responsibility to tell a woman what she can do with her body.”Several dozen people showed up outside protesting the abortion ban. They held signs that read "If you're against abortion, don't have one" and "I stand with Planned Parenthood."There were also a few counter-protesters outside the meeting.

LEBANON, Ohio —

Lebanon City Council has unanimously passed an ordinance to make Lebanon a "sanctuary city for the unborn," banning abortions and abortion-inducing drugs. The city is the first city in Ohio to do so.

The council voted 6-0 on the emergency ordinance at its meeting Tuesday evening.

The council heard public comment for over three hours in a room that reached full capacity.

Passage of the ordinance makes providing an abortion a first-degree misdemeanor, and punishable by 6 months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

To date, 27 municipalities in Texas and Nebraska have outlawed abortion. Lebanon is the first city in Ohio to ban abortions.

Lebanon's ordinance was sponsored by six of seven members of city council, including the mayor.

Councilwoman Krista Wyatt turned in her resignation at 3 p.m. Monday, effective immediately, in regards to the ordinance debate, because she did not support it.

“I'm heartbroken to not fulfill my term and I know many people will be disappointed," she said. "I'm powerless to do anything about it as one vote, so I decided I might as well not even be there.”

“I want to make it very clear -- I am not pro-abortion. I don't know anyone who is, but I do not think we as council members have a right, a responsibility to tell a woman what she can do with her body.”

Several dozen people showed up outside protesting the abortion ban. They held signs that read "If you're against abortion, don't have one" and "I stand with Planned Parenthood."

There were also a few counter-protesters outside the meeting.


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