An Ohio lawmaker wants parents to be able to claim unborn children on their state income taxes.

Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, introduced a bill this month that would allow Ohioans to include embryos or fetuses conceived during the taxable year as dependents. Only the mother can claim the embryo or fetus if parents file separate tax returns, according to the bill’s text.

Click said in a news release announcing the bill that by allowing parents to claim children as dependents beginning the year they were conceived rather than the year they were born, expectant families could better manage the costs of childbirth and raising a newborn.

“Any parent can tell you that the costs of child-rearing begin piling up well before a baby is born. We should absolutely be in the practice of supporting young families. Passing this bill will be an easy step in that direction,” Click said.

Georgia, Utah have similar policies

After the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Georgia Department of Revenue recognizes embryos that have a detectable heartbeat and meet six weeks of gestation as dependents.

The Utah legislature passed a law last year allowing pregnant women to have a double dependent exemption for children the year they are born.

Fetal personhood laws across the U.S.

The bill is among other legislation and rulings recognizing fetal personhood nationally, which gained more attention after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen, fertilized embryos should be considered children.

Other fetal personhood cases and legislation include criminal penalties for killing a fetus, such as in car accidents involving pregnant women, and prosecuting pregnant women for using drugs during their pregnancy.

Advocates of fetal personhood legislation say the laws protect human life. Critics say they mean a loss of women’s autonomy.

Click’s bill has not yet been assigned to a committee.

Erin Glynn is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.

Chip Kelly joined Ryan Day’s coaching staff at Ohio State in February. Saturday, he will officially begin his tenure as the Buckeyes offensive coordinator.

The former Oregon and UCLA football coach will take the game-day reins of the Buckeyes offense for the first time that afternoon at 3:30 p.m. against Akron.

Kelly is in the first of a three-year contract with a base salary of $2 million.

Here’s what you need to know about Kelly’s past as a head coach in both college football and the NFL.

Chip Kelly coaching record: College football

In head coaching stints at Oregon and UCLA, Kelly recorded 81 wins in 122 games, including three bowl wins in six tries.

At Oregon, Kelly’s teams won 46 of 53 games, going 12-1 in 2010 and finishing that year with a BCS Championship loss to Auburn.

Also while at Oregon, Kelly faced Ohio State. The Ducks lost to the Buckeyes 26-17 in the 2010 Rose Bowl.

Kelly’s teams at UCLA finished 35-34. The Bruins beat Boise State in the 2023 LA Bowl but lost to Pittsburgh in the 2022 Sun Bowl.

• 2009: Oregon 10-3
• 2010: Oregon 12-1
• 2011: Oregon 12-2
• 2012: Oregon 12-1
• 2018: UCLA 3-9
• 2019: UCLA 4-8
• 2020: UCLA 3-4
• 2021: UCLA 8-4
• 2022: UCLA 9-4
• 2023: UCLA 8-5

Chip Kelly NFL coaching record

After four seasons as Oregon’s head coach, Kelly spent four seasons in the NFL. During his three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and one with the San Francisco 49ers, Kelly’s teams went 28-35.

In his first two seasons with the Eagles, Kelly’s teams were 20-12 with a playoff appearance in 2013 – a loss to the New Orleans Saints.

Kelly was fired by the Eagles after 15 games in 2015 following the team’s 6-9 start. He was then fired after a 2-14 season with the 49ers in 2016.

• 2013: Philadelphia Eagles 10-6
• 2014: Philadelphia Eagles: 10-6
• 2015: Philadelphia Eagles: 6-9
• 2016: San Francisco 49ers: 2-14

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Marvin Harrison Jr. said he knows the quality of wide receivers Ohio State has had in the past, from the first-round receivers he shared a room with as a freshman in Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson, Jameson Williams and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, to the wide receivers he chased historically, such as Terry Glenn, Cris Carter and Michael Jenkins.

But when Harrison was asked by Indianapolis Colts linebacker Zaire Franklin on “The Trenches Show” podcast who he thought was the best Ohio State wide receiver of all time, Harrison did not hesitate.

“I think I’m the best,” Harrison said.

Harrison quickly made his pitch by saying both Jenkins and Carter started from their freshman years, and that he “did my thing” with the Buckeyes for only two seasons.

“Then you look at the accolades, they up there with the (best),” Harrispn said. “Heisman finalist, I think we only had one other Biletnikoff Award winner, Terry Glenn, two-time receiver of the year, Big Ten Player of the Year, I mean, you go down the whole list. Unanimous All-American back-to-back years. I did it all.”

After three seasons, Harrison is all over Ohio State’s record books, leaving with the sixth-most receptions (155), the sixth-most receiving yards (2,613) and the third-most touchdown passes (31) in school history.

Harrison was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the No. 4 overall pick of the 2024 NFL draft. He is the highest-drafted receiver in Ohio State history.

Harrison is the only Ohio State receiver to have multiple 1,000-yard seasons.

Harrison realizes that most Ohio State fans will point to one thing he did not do. He never beat Michigan. But he said that is not only on him.

“From an Ohio State standpoint, they always say, ‘Oh, you didn’t beat the Team Up North,’” Harrison said. “I didn’t, but I think that’s a team kind of accomplishment. But I think that’s the only thing you can say I didn’t do.”

“From an accolades and statistical standpoint,” Harrison thinks he’s the best wide receiver in Ohio State history, something he clarified when he started to speak on past Buckeye wide receivers like Carter.

“Obviously Cris Carter’s a Hall of Famer,” Harrison said. “Can’t discredit him.”

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