Bernie Moreno Supported Ohio’s Dangerous Abortion Ban Without Exceptions
August 16, 2024
Dr. Lauren Beene, Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights: “A Ban Is A Ban”
Dr. Johnathon Ross, MD: “Even After Ohioans Voted To Protect Abortion Rights Twice Last Year, Bernie Moreno Still Supports A National Abortion Ban That Would Overrule The Will Of Ohio Voters.”
Columbus, OH – New reporting details Bernie Moreno’s long-standing support for banning abortion, including Ohio’s dangerous abortion ban that banned abortion in Ohio without exceptions for rape or incest.
Ohioans are also sounding off on Moreno’s support for a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans who voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights last year and allow politicians to insert themselves into a “personal healthcare decision.”
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Ohio Capital Journal: Bernie Moreno won’t talk about abortion bans. He supported one in Ohio, physician-activist says
Marty Schladen
August 15, 2024
- When he was running in Republican primaries, Moreno made several versions of the statement he made on Jan. 13, 2022 on Cincinnati’s 55WKRC radio when asked for his position on abortion.
- “Absolute pro-life, no exceptions,” Moreno said at the 7:43 mark on this recording.
- Then earlier this year in the midst of another GOP Senate primary, Moreno was seeking to distinguish himself from Ohio Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls, who was also seeking the nomination. Speaking to a group of Dayton Republicans on March 10, Moreno noted that Dolan in 2019 “voted against the heartbeat bill. Right. So this is a guy who’s not on our side.”
- The “heartbeat bill” is Senate Bill 23, which banned the great majority of abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — a point at which many women don’t know they’re pregnant. It included no exceptions for rape or incest.
- Ohio voters last November demonstrated strong disagreement with the “heartbeat” law by overwhelmingly approving a constitutional amendment overturning it.
- In an op-ed last week, Moreno’s opponent, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, said Ohioans’ position on abortion was clear: “A woman’s health care decisions should be between her and her doctor – not politicians.”
- [Moreno] was asked by a member of a group of Batavia Republicans, “What are you going to do when you run to stand out against the other candidates (to show) you are truly the 100% pro-life candidate?”
- Moreno was definite.
- “I think you need to insist that candidates say the following words: ‘I am unapologetically pro-life,’” he said in a video clip of the event provided to the Capital Journal.
- Lauren Beene is a pediatrician who co-founded Ohio Physicians for Reproductive rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and the sudden enforcement of SB 23. She said Moreno can’t have it both ways.
- “A ban is a ban,” Beene said in an email Wednesday.
The Toledo Blade: Moreno Supports Abortion Ban
Dr. Johnathon Ross, MD
August 15, 2024
- Even after Ohioans voted to protect abortion rights twice last year, Bernie Moreno still supports a national abortion ban that would overrule the will of Ohio voters. And what’s worse is he keeps doubling down on his support of a national abortion ban — last month alone, he voiced his support for a federal ban three separate times in one week.
- Moreno wants politicians to make personal healthcare decisions that should be between a woman and her doctor.
- And he won’t stop at abortion. Moreno has opposed birth control protections and has called IVF a “nonissue.”
- How can we trust [Moreno] to work for us when he doesn’t even respect the will of Ohio voters?
- Ohioans need to turn out to vote and ensure Bernie Moreno doesn’t get the chance to pass a federal abortion ban and take away Ohioans’ rights.
- Ohioans must vote this November to keep our reproductive rights by re-electing Sherrod Brown. Ohioans need Sherrod in the Senate to prevent a national abortion ban.
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