WHAT OHIOANS ARE READING: Bernie Moreno’s Support For National Abortion Ban Puts Issue 1 “At Risk”

WHAT OHIOANS ARE READING: Bernie Moreno's Support For National Abortion Ban Puts Issue 1 "At Risk"

July 2, 2024

Ohio Physician Dr. Nicole King: "Moreno Still Refuses To Accept The Will Of Ohioans"

Columbus, OH - In a new opinion piece for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio physician Dr. Nicole King makes it clear that Bernie Moreno's support for a national abortion ban means that "the fight to protect Issue 1 is not over," and "the reproductive rights we fought to protect by passing Issue 1 are still at risk."

At the same time, Moreno, who calls himself "100% pro-life" and who "doesn't believe in any exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother," is campaigning behind closed doors with Senator John Thune, who also supports a national abortion ban, and State Rep. Melanie Miller, who - like Moreno - wants to overrule the overwhelming majority of Ohioans who voted to enshrine access to abortion in the state constitution.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer: Vote for Moreno puts access to reproductive care in danger
Dr. Nicole King
June 30, 2024

• June marked the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, a decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and threatened the reproductive freedoms of women across Ohio. But thanks to the relentless work of [healthcare] workers and organizers across Ohio, we passed Issue 1 last fall by an overwhelming majority. A ballot measure that enshrined reproductive rights, birth control and infertility treatment protections into our state's constitution.

• Unfortunately, with Bernie Moreno running for U.S. Senate, and promising to pass a national abortion ban if he's elected, the reproductive rights we fought to protect by passing Issue 1 are still at risk. When the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision, women in Ohio were rightfully scared, facing the risk of losing the fundamental freedoms we had worked so hard to attain.

• Moreno had a different response. He celebrated the Dobbs decision as "a monumental victory."

• Women and men across Ohio got to work to get Issue 1 on the ballot and make sure it passed, but Bernie Moreno opposed the effort relentlessly. Moreno donated $100,000 to Protect Women Ohio, the group spearheading the effort to defeat Issue 1.

• Thankfully, on Election Day last fall, Bernie Moreno found himself on the opposite side of nearly 2.2 million Ohioans who passed Issue 1. Moreno voted against Issue 1, and in doing so he voted to ban abortion without exceptions for rape or incest and voted against protecting access to contraception, infertility treatment, and miscarriage care.

• Moreno still refuses to accept the will of Ohioans.

• He is selfish and ignorant enough to support a national abortion ban that would overturn access to abortion - access that Ohioans overwhelmingly support. He has also opposed guaranteeing a woman's right to access contraception, including birth control pills and opposed federal protections for IVF.

• His bravado and false sense of purpose and justice is a weapon he is using to eliminate the rights enshrined within our own state constitution. Rights overwhelmingly supported by the constituents of Ohio.

• Moreno has said he is "100 percent pro-life with no exceptions," showing what his priorities would be if he ever makes it to Washington.

• Issue 1 is about so much more than access to reproductive freedom; it is about the health and safety of women. Before Issue 1, Ohioans experienced the dangerous and frightening reality of the lack of abortion protections, even when faced with dire medical emergencies.

• During this time, politicians were allowed to make [healthcare] decisions for women, inserting themselves into private, personal [healthcare] discussions that should be kept solely between a woman, her chosen loved ones and her physician. Moreno's support for restrictive bans would subject Ohio women and women across the country to a reality devoid of access to safe reproductive care.

• Ohio women cannot trust Moreno because he cares more about his politics than our safety.

• When it comes to protecting reproductive freedom, the stakes are just as high in 2024 as they were in 2023. We must make our voices clear once again that [healthcare] decisions are between a woman and her doctor. Politicians like Moreno have no business inserting themselves into sacred private relationships between a woman and her physician.

• The fight to protect Issue 1 is not over. We must continue the fight by making sure Bernie Moreno is never elected to the U.S. Senate.

Salon: Senate Republicans set to seize on Supreme Court's abortion opening
Cecile Richards
June 29, 2024

• Every mainstream Republican candidate running for a seat in the United States Senate would be a vote for a national abortion ban.

• And they won't stop there. In the last month alone, Republican senators have blocked Democratic legislation to protect access to birth control and IVF.

• Moreno doesn't believe in any exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.

• Sherrod Brown - has a long track record of fighting to protect access to abortion.

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