Bernie Moreno “Doesn’t Support” Protecting Access To Birth Control
June 6, 2024
Columbus, OH – Bernie Moreno “doesn’t support” protecting birth control, saying yesterday that he “opposes the bill” that would protect contraception access for women across the country. Moreno already voted against protecting birth control by voting against Issue 1 last year, supports a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans, and opposes all abortion exceptions, saying he is “100% pro-life with no exceptions” and “absolute pro-life, no exceptions.”
“Bernie Moreno wants to make Ohio women’s healthcare decisions for them and won’t protect women’s access to birth control,” said ODP spokesperson Katie Smith. “Ohioans will know that Moreno would overturn the will of Ohioans who voted to protect abortion rights and contraception access last year and that he is out-of-step with the widely held belief that these decisions should be between women and their doctors.”
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Columbus Dispatch: Where Ohio Senate candidates stand on contraception
Haley BeMiller
June 5, 2024
- The U.S. Senate is expected to vote […] on a bill that aims to protect access to contraception. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown supports the bill, according to his campaign.
- Brown was also an outspoken proponent of the abortion rights amendment approved by Ohio voters last year, which Moreno opposed.
- Moreno told All Sides in February that women should have equal access to contraception… Despite that, Moreno doesn’t support the bill going before senators today.
Cleveland.com: U.S. Senate Republicans kill ‘Right to Contraception’ legislation in politically charged vote
Sabrina Eaton
June 5, 2024
- The [Right to Contraception Act] was drafted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade precedent that previously established abortion rights. Democrats say it’s needed given Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs, which urged the Court to “reconsider” its substantive due process precedents, including one that protected contraception.
- [Brown] cosponsored the bill the Senate considered Wednesday. Before the vote, Brown said Ohioans believe reproductive decisions should be between women and their doctors, and not national or Ohio politicians. He said contraception is under threat in the United States.
- A spokesperson for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, who is running against Brown, said he opposes the bill.
Toledo Blade: U.S. Senate vote on contraception puts spotlight on reproductive rights ahead of general election
Alice Momany
June 5, 2024
- The bill would have allowed easier access to contraception for individuals who live in states with stricter reproductive health laws, and it would have protected health care providers’ ability to prescribe contraceptives and information related to birth control.
- Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio), who co-sponsored the bill when it was first introduced, voted for it.
- He will be up for re-election in November against Cleveland businessman, Republican Bernie Moreno, who has been vocal for his support of governmental interference in abortion.
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