ODP Chair Walters Slams Ohio Republicans For Working To Strip Women Of Their Freedom To Choose
June 27, 2022
For Immediate Release:
June 27, 2022
Columbus, OH — Today, Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters hosted a press call slamming Ohio Republicans for working to strip women of their freedom to choose. Chair Walters also highlighted the anti-choice records of Ohio Republicans – from J.D. Vance to Mike DeWine and Dave Yost – who think they know better than survivors of rape and incest about the potentially lifesaving care they need.
Below are highlights from the press call (video recording here):
- “Last week, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and raised the stakes for every race on the ballot this November. Who is in the U.S. Senate, governor’s mansion, and the Statehouse will determine whether Ohio women, including survivors of rape and incest, can continue to make decisions about their own body or if Republican politicians will make those decisions for them.”
- “This disastrous decision lays squarely at the feet of Ohio Republicans who have for years worked to strip women of the right to make these deeply personal decisions about their own healthcare that should be between a woman and her doctor. From now until Election Day, Ohio Republicans must answer why they think they know better than women, their families, their doctors, survivors of rape and incest about the potentially lifesaving care they need.”
- “Mike DeWine admitted that once the Supreme Court makes abortion illegal he wants to “go as far as we can” to prohibit abortion in Ohio. DeWine has said he would put new restrictions on abortion care – banning the procedure before most women know they are even pregnant. J.D. Vance has called making abortion illegal an “amazing victory,” and opposes exceptions for victims of rape and incest. He’s so far out-of-touch he even called rape “inconvenient” and “blessings to be cherished.” Attorney General Yost said if the legislature allowed him to, he would like to press charges against women who have abortions and the doctors who perform them. Yost has already moved to implement new draconian restrictions that would ban abortion before most women know they are pregnant.”
- “Our most effective weapon to combat these attacks on women’s freedom and ensure women can make their own reproductive healthcare decisions is our vote. It is critical that Ohioans elect Tim Ryan, Nan Whaley and pro-choice Democratic candidates up and down the ballot in November who will protect the right to abortion. This November, Ohioans will take their outrage to the polls and defeat the extremist Republicans who gutted our freedoms.”
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