Ohio is a state in the United States. Historically a part of the Midwest, Ohio is a cultural and geographical crossroads, which was settled by people from New England, the Middle States, Appalachia, and the upper south. "This slice of the mid-west contains a bit of everything American—part north-eastern and part southern, part urban and part rural, part hardscrabble poverty and part booming suburb," notes The Economist.A grain of sand for your thoughts", The Economist, December 20, 2005, retrieved December 23, 2005. Prior to 1984, the United States Census Bureau considered Ohio part of the North Central Region."Geographic Definitions"Census Region definition, United States Census Bureau, retrieved December 22, 2005. That region concept was renamed "Midwest" and split into two divisions. Ohio is now in the East North Central States division."Geographic Definitions" Census Region definition Attachment C, United States Census Bureau, retrieved December 22, 2005.
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union under the Northwest Ordinance. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is OH; its old-style abbreviation is O. Ohio is an Iroquois word meaning "good river." The name refers to the Ohio River that forms its southern border.
The United States Navy has named several ships USS Ohio in honor of this state.
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Adams County Crisis Pregnancy Center - Located in West Union. Provides pregnancy testing, counseling, referrals for financial, medical and/or adoption help.
Akron Pregnancy Services - Located in Akron. Directions, and list of services including pregnancy testing, peer counseling, maternity and baby clothes and supplies, referrals, and classes on pre-natal care, childbirth, parenting, and relationships.
Bowling Green Pregnancy Center - Located in Bowling Green. Pregnancy testing, maternity clothes, peer counsel, post abortion support, and referrals to resources.
CareNet Pregnancy Services of Knox County - Located in Mount Vernon. Offers pregnancy tests and educational programs.
Catholic Charities - Located in Dayton, Piqua, and Sidney. Offers pregnancy counseling and practical assistance.
Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Toledo - Located in Toledo. Offers counseling and practical assistance.
Meta Description: [ Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Toledo, serving the Northwestern Ohio communities and providing counseling, adoption & pregnancy services, mediation, housing and employment, family services, and ministry services to catholic parishes in the Diocese. ]
Catholic Social Services of Southwestern Ohio - Located in Cincinnati and Hamilton. Offers counseling and practical assistance.
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Community Pregnancy Centers of Northwest Ohio - Located in Bryan, Defiance, and Wauseon. Offers pregnancy testing, peer counseling, housing, referrals, maternity and baby supplies, and post-abortion recovery.
Meta Description: [ The Community Pregnancy Centers of Bryan, Defiance, and Wauseon, Ohio, provide emotional, physical, spiritual and material assistance to women and teenagers facing an unplanned pregnancy. ]
Cornerstone Pregnancy Services - Located in Elyria and Lorain. Pregnancy tests, peer counseling and education, maternity and baby supplies, parenting class, and wellness resources.
Elizabeth New Life Center - Located in Kettering, Dayton, and Monroe. Offers pregnancy testing, ultrasound, referrals, abortion recovery, and maternity and baby supplies.
Elizabeth Pregnancy Services - Located in Celina. Pregnancy testing and education, adoption counsel, referrals, and maternity and baby items.
Meta Description: [ Offering free and extensive pregnancy assistance, resources and referrals with services available to women of all ages. ]
Harbor House - Located in Celina. A non-denominational Christian outreach that provides housing to pregnant girls ages 13 to 19.
Healthy Beginnings - Obstetrical care for uninsured women. Seven locations in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Meta Description: [ love, Healthy Beginnings is a non-profit ministry that demonstrates Christian love to pregnant women and their babies by providing quality obstetrical and medical care in an environment of love, compassion and support. ]
Heartbeat of Fremont Pregnancy Support Center - Located in Fremont. Offers pregnancy tests, adoption information, parenting support, counseling, and medical and legal referrals.
Meta Description: [ Confidential Pregnancy Support Center offering physical, emotional, spiritual assistance, and alternatives for abortion. Adoption information, parenting support, counseling, medical, legal referrals. Free pregnancy tests. ]
Heartbeat of Lima - Located in Lima. Offers pregnancy tests, maternity and baby supplies, peer counseling, and referrals.
Heartbeats of Licking County - Located in Newark. Pregnancy tests, confidential counseling, abstinence education, information on fetal development and abortion risks and procedures, adoption rights and plans.
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Maternity Resource Center at Grace Baptist Church - Located in Westerville. Maternity clothing, baby and toddler clothing, baby equipment and supplies, and referrals.
Miami Valley Women's Center - Located in Dayton and Huber Heights. Pregnancy and ultrasound testing, peer counsel and education, individual and group support, and maternity/baby items.
New Life Maternity Home - Located in Warren. Maternity home offering help in obtaining medical care, referrals to resources, adoption information, high school tutoring, counseling, childbirth classes, parenting classes, and follow-up care.
Meta Description: [ Residential Maternity Home for teens in unplanned pregnancy ]
Oaks Family Care Center - Provides emotional, spiritual, educational and material support to any Medina County resident dealing with family, pregnancy, lifestyle, and welfare issues.
Meta Description: [ Oaks Family Care Center is a non-profit, non-political social service agency created to serve Medina County, Ohio. Services are offered to the community
without charge. ]
Path to Life - Located in Oregon. Offers housing assistance, medical referrals, and maternity and baby supplies.
Pregnancy Center East - Located in Cincinnati. Offers pregnancy testing, ultrasound, peer counseling, referrals, and parenting classes.
Pregnancy Center of Toledo - Pregnancy testing and verification, peer counsel, physician consultation, ultrasound testing, support groups, clothing and supplies, and abstinence education.
Pregnancy Decision Health Centers - Offers alternatives to abortion in Columbus and central Ohio. Free services include pregnancy tests, ultra-sounds, classes, material aid and post-abortion support groups.
Pregnancy Resource Centers - Nine affiliated locations in northeastern Ohio. Site addresses adoption, abortion, parenting, pregnancy counseling, FAQs and Center information.
Meta Description: [ Pregnancy Resource Centers ]
PregnancyCare of Cincinnati - Located in Cincinnati. Services include free pregnancy testing, medical referrals, education on pregnancy options - including parenting, adoption and abortion, and accurate information on birth control and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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