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| Language terming mentally ill as "idiots" and "lunatics" to be removed from law. |
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By Bill Cohen - April 24, 2007 |
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Labels that have sometimes been applied to mentally-retarded and mentally-ill Ohioans are about to be wiped off the law-books. State senators today approved a measure that state representatives had okayed earlier. Sen. Robert Spada was a sponsor of the bill.
Senators voted 32-0 in favor of the bill that would wipe out what are considered by many to be derogatory references to the mentally ill in official Ohio law. Governor Ted Strickland is expected to sign the measure into law. He is a former psychologist. |
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Sen. Bob Spada (R-North Royalton) (:26) 
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