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COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio Republican lawmaker just introduced a bill that would defund public libraries if they don't remove or hide so-called"harmful" materials to juveniles.
She works at the Ohio Library Council and said the biggest challenge she is facing right now is a lack of funding. "What this accomplishes is protecting our youth, protecting our children and allowing them to go to a safe place where parents are not concerned what materials they are going to come in contact with," Cutrona told me.Under Ohio law,"harmful to juveniles" has a broad meaning, including material describing or showing nudity, sexual conduct or obscene behavior.
"Any time you look at banning material or restricting material or discouraging — that really does have a chilling effect," she said. "They can still be there, they can still be checked out — and a lot of these materials will be checked out with parental consent," Cutrona said."If the libraries want to disregard parental consent, then they don't need those parents' tax dollars.""It's not the job of the public library, librarians to determine what a child checks out or must check out," she added.
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