Ohio speaker OKs honoring Right to Life winner

COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s House speaker is going back on an earlier decision against House floor honors for an Ohioan who won a National Right to Life oratory contest.

The office of Democratic Speaker Armond Budish says it’s aiming to have a resolution presented to Elisabeth Trisler, 19, of western Ohio’s Shelby County sometime next week.

His spokeswoman says Budish changed his mind to correct mistaken impressions that the speaker said no because he disagreed with Trisler’s stand on abortion.

His initial decision had drawn criticism from Republicans, abortion opponents and the American Civil Liberties Union.

In opposing the presentation when planned for Feb. 3, Budish said he was concerned that Trisler’s award came from a “politically sensitive” group.