appointed to the Senate. As a result, Fedor kept her seat, Brown hers, and Joe Walter was appointed to a nine-month stint in Ujvagi's seat. Nonetheless, Fedor was elected to the House seat, winning 64.37% of the vote in 2010. She began her first term on January 3, 2011. Ohio Senate, Second Tenure In 2018, Fedor opted to again swap chambers and run for her old seat in the state Senate, to succeed Edna Brown who was term-limited. She again won the seat and was sworn into office on January 6, 2019. She resigned on October 31, 2022. Fedor is also a member of the Ohio Attorney General's Human Trafficking Commission. Initiatives, policies and positions Human trafficking One of Fedor's landmark legislative victories relates to human trafficking. She has stated, "Traffickers have walked away from the halls of justice," and has vowed to help stop and continue to fight for those victimized as victims. She has received support from former Ohio Governors Ted Strickland and John Kasich on stopping human trafficking, and has successfully passed one measure. Along with then Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Fedor introduced the safe harbor bill, which would prevent a young person with being charged with prostitution if they were victims of human trafficking. She has stated it is a critical portion of tackling the problem. Education Fedor has also voiced concerns over the elimination of some education measures that would eliminate all-day kindergarten requirements. While new legislation has come forth to give more communities education choices, Fedor has stated that she thinks districts were offered some choice with the waiver for all-day kindergarten that were provided in the past. Economic issues Fedor opposed initiatives to raise funds by selling rights to state lands, including state parks to drill for crude oil and natural gas. "Our picture-perfect parks in Ohio may certainly … be turned into picture-perfect toxic wastelands,she had stated. The General Assembly ultimately voted for allowing for oil exploration on state lands. Abortion On 25 March 2015, Teresa Fedor got so frustrated during a debate on abortion in the lower chamber of the state's legislature that she stood up and revealed that she had been raped and terminated the resulting pregnancy. "You don't respect my reason, my rape, my abortion, and I guarantee you there are other women who should stand up with me and be courageous enough to speak," she said. "What