As Senate Votes On IVF Protections, Ohioans Should Know Moreno, LaRose, Dolan Already Voted Against Protections For Fertility Treatments
February 28, 2024
Howard Wilkinson: “[The Republican] Senate nominee, whoever that might be, opposed a reproductive rights amendment passed by 57% of Ohio voters”
Columbus, OH – As the Senate votes today on a bill to provide federal protections for IVF, Howard Wilkinson yesterday reminded Ohioans that Bernie Moreno, Frank LaRose, and Matt Dolan have already voted against protections for IVF by opposing November’s Issue 1, which “clearly” included protections for fertility treatments. As noted by Wilkinson, no matter who emerges from this primary, Ohioans will know they “opposed a reproductive rights amendment passed by 57% of Ohio voters.”
WVXU: Analysis: Ohio GOP Senate candidates see no contradiction in supporting IVF, opposing Issue 1
Howard Wilkinson
February 27, 2024
- Ohio’s three Republican U.S. Senate candidates in the March 19 primary election — Frank LaRose, Bernie Moreno and Matt Dolan — don’t have to be told twice when they get marching orders from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. When McConnell says jump, their only question is “how high?”
- Dolan, LaRose and Moreno didn’t let any moss grow under their feet, quickly issuing statements saying they support, completely and without reservation, IVF as a means of fertility treatment. Democrats and others, though, pointed out, correctly, that all three opposed Issue 1 last fall — the reproductive rights amendment that was passed overwhelmingly by Ohio voters.
- That amendment says clearly that any Ohioan is allowed to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions, including, but not limited to” decisions about abortion, contraception, miscarriage care, and fertility treatment.
- Regardless, Mitch McConnell was able, in short order, to get his Senate candidates on the right side of IVF. But there is no way for McConnell to fix this: His Senate nominee, whoever that might be, opposed a reproductive rights amendment passed by 57% of Ohio voters.
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