On Abortion, Moreno, LaRose and Dolan All Reaffirm They Think They Know Better Than Ohioans
February 23, 2024
NBC News: Ohio GOP Senate Candidates Pitch Federal Abortion Bans Even After Voters Protected Reproductive Rights
Columbus, OH – Despite Ohioans voting resoundingly last November to protect abortion access – Bernie Moreno, Frank LaRose, and Matt Dolan continue to reaffirm that they think they know better than voters and would “overrul[e] them” by “supporting federal restrictions.”
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NBC News: Ohio GOP Senate candidates pitch federal abortion bans even after voters protected reproductive rights
Henry Gomez
February 23, 2024
- Ohioans voted decisively last year to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution, but all three of the Republicans competing in a tough U.S. Senate primary here say they are open to overruling them and supporting federal restrictions.
- State Sen. Matt Dolan and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose present themselves as better authorities on the matter, arguing that voters didn’t fully understand the 2023 ballot measure.
- Businessman Bernie Moreno favors a federal ban…
- LaRose, who as a state senator supported a “heartbeat bill” to ban abortion at six weeks, is banking on name recognition and hoping the GOP base rewards him for his central role in opposing last year’s constitutional amendment.
- Moreno was also visible in the fight and donated money to the campaign to defeat the ballot measure, known as Issue 1. He drew scrutiny when he falsely claimed the measure would allow a rapist to “force” a woman to have an abortion.
- The amendment passed with 57% of the vote, indicating support from plenty of independents and Republicans.
- Ohio Right to Life, an influential anti-abortion group in the state, issued a dual endorsement of Moreno and LaRose this month.
- “Bernie is proudly pro-life and believes we can unify this country around ending late term abortion once and for all,” Moreno spokesperson Reagan McCarthy said. “He doesn’t believe in letting the perfect be the enemy of the good and his goal is to protect as many babies as possible.”
- [LaRose and Moreno] both confirmed they would support a federal law that restricts access to abortion.
- “No matter who emerges from this primary, Ohioans will know they would overrule them by voting for a national abortion ban,” Brown spokesperson Reeves Oyster said.
- In separate meetings with reporters after the Findlay debate, when asked how they reconciled their openness to federal abortion restrictions with last year’s vote, both LaRose and Dolan contended that the measure was more complicated than voters realized.
- Dolan was more direct. “What I have said is I don’t think Ohioans fully understood…”
- Moreno did not meet with reporters after the debate.
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